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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In South Africa, a magistrate.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • A chief magistrate in rural districts. He was replaced in 1827 by “resident magistrates.”
  • The president of the Heemraad.

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  • noun historical A type of magistrate in South Africa, abolished under the British in 1827.

Etymologies

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From South African Dutch landdrost, from land + drost.

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