landdrost
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.07 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A type of magistrate in South Africa, abolished under the British in 1827.
Example Sentences
- "Remember the words of the young Bibault in the revolt against Van der Stel in 1706: ‘I shall not go. I am an Afrikaner and even if the landdrost kills me or puts me in jail I refuse to hold my tongue.’"
- "About ten years before this resistance movement the settlement comprised merely four houses, one of which was used by the landdrost."