drost

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See also: Drost and drôt

Dutch[edit]

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:

landdrost

Alternative forms[edit]

(archaic) drossaard

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Dutch drutsate (“steward”), from a Common Germanic compound of Proto-Germanic *druhtiz (“troop”) and a derivative of Proto-Germanic *satjaną (“set”). Compare German Truchsess, Old Norse dróttseti.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /drɔst/
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Hyphenation: drost
Rhymes: -ɔst

Noun[edit]

drost m (plural drosten, diminutive drostje n)

(feudal title) reeve, steward

English Wikipedia has an article on:

landdrost

Derived terms[edit]

landdrost

Anagrams[edit]

dorst

Welsh[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From drost-, the stem of inflected personal forms of dros.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /drɔsd/, [drɔst]

Preposition[edit]

drost (triggers soft mutation)

(North Wales, colloquial) Alternative form of dros

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