Stadtholder

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

  Stadtholder \Stadt"hold`er\ (st[a^]t"h[=o]ld`[~e]r), n. [D.
     stadhouder; stad a city, a town + houder a holder.]
     Formerly, the chief magistrate of the United Provinces of
     Holland; also, the governor or lieutenant governor of a
     province.
     [1913 Webster] Stadtholderate