drost

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See also: Drost and drôt

Dutch

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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drost m (plural drosten, diminutive drostje n)

  1. (feudal title) reeve, steward

Derived terms

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Anagrams

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Welsh

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Preposition

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drost (triggers soft mutation)

  1. (North Wales, colloquial) Alternative form of dros