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Definition of stadtholder in English: stadtholder(also stadholder) nounˈstatˌhəʊldəˈstadˌhəʊldəˈstædhoʊldər (from the 15th century to the late 18th century) the chief magistrate of the United Provinces of the Netherlands. （从15世纪到18世纪晚期）（荷兰联省）执政者 Example sentencesExamples - The second phase began when disorder among the Spanish emboldened all the provinces to proclaim William their stadtholder, neatly reaffirming his imperial title while underlining their relative independence.
- The final Anglo-Dutch conflict ended in 1674, ushering in a peaceful period that was reinforced when Mary, the English Catholic daughter of James II, married her Protestant cousin Williams ill of Orange, stadtholder of the Netherlands.
- William's eldest son Philip William was loyal to Spain so it was Maurits who was appointed stadholder of Holland and Zeeland, or the United Provinces of the Netherlands, in 1584.
- Sarah persuaded Anne to support brother-in-law William of Orange, Protestant stadholder of the Netherlands, when he overthrew James II in 1688.
- First, it was a republic with a stadholder as head of state, not a monarchy or empire like almost everywhere else.
Derivativesnoun The first one who received the stadholdership of Friesland was Count Willem-Lodewijk of Nassau-Dillenburg, son of Count Jan VI of Nassau-Dillenburg who was a younger brother of Willem I of Orange. Example sentencesExamples - In Holland, soon after the exaltation of the late Prince of Orange to the stadtholdership, a tax of two per cent, or the fiftieth penny, as it was called, was imposed upon the whole substance of every citizen.
- During the stadholdership of William V, which lasted from 1751 to 1795, a large number of objects were produced to commemorate, in words and pictures, all kinds of events surrounding the figures of the stadholder and his wife.
- The Dutch Republic remained sui generis, as it wavered between loose federation and quasi-monarchy in the form of the stadtholdership exercised by the house of Orange in times of emergency.
- Even after he finished his studies, the Prince used the lodge regularly for political reasons, for it was not until 1747 that he added the stadholdership of Utrecht, Holland, Zeeland and Overijssel to that of Friesland, Groningen, Drenthe and Gelderland.
OriginMid 16th century: from Dutch stadhouder 'deputy', from stad 'place' + houder 'holder', translating medieval Latin locum tenens. Definition of stadtholder in US English: stadtholder(also stadholder) nounˈstædhoʊldərˈstadhōldər (from the 15th century to the late 18th century) the chief magistrate of the United Provinces of the Netherlands. （从15世纪到18世纪晚期）（荷兰联省）执政者 Example sentencesExamples - Sarah persuaded Anne to support brother-in-law William of Orange, Protestant stadholder of the Netherlands, when he overthrew James II in 1688.
- The final Anglo-Dutch conflict ended in 1674, ushering in a peaceful period that was reinforced when Mary, the English Catholic daughter of James II, married her Protestant cousin Williams ill of Orange, stadtholder of the Netherlands.
- The second phase began when disorder among the Spanish emboldened all the provinces to proclaim William their stadtholder, neatly reaffirming his imperial title while underlining their relative independence.
- First, it was a republic with a stadholder as head of state, not a monarchy or empire like almost everywhere else.
- William's eldest son Philip William was loyal to Spain so it was Maurits who was appointed stadholder of Holland and Zeeland, or the United Provinces of the Netherlands, in 1584.
OriginMid 16th century: from Dutch stadhouder ‘deputy’, from stad ‘place’ + houder ‘holder’, translating medieval Latin locum tenens. |