Heemraat

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Heemraad \Heem"raad`\, n.; pl. {-raaden}. [Sometimes,
     incorrectly, {Heemraat} or even {Heemrad}.] [D. heem village
     + raad council, councilor.]
     In Holland, and, until the 19th century, also in Cape Colony,
     a council to assist a local magistrate in the government of
     rural districts; hence, also, a member of such a council.


     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]