Landamman

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

  Landamman \Lan"dam*man\, n. [G. Landamman; land land, country +
     amimann bailiff. See {Land}, and {Ambassador}.]
     1. A chief magistrate in some of the Swiss cantons.
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     2. The president of the diet of the Helvetic republic.


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