||Land"drost` (?), n.; pl. -
drosten (#). Sometimes incorrectly Landtrost. [D.,
fr. land land + drost a kind of official; akin to G.
truchsess.] In Cape Colony: (a) A chief
magistrate in rural districts. He was replaced in 1827 by "resident
magistrates." (b) The president of the
Heemraad.
||Land"drost` (?), n.; pl. -
drosten (#). Sometimes incorrectly Landtrost. [D.,
fr. land land + drost a kind of official; akin to G.
truchsess.] In Cape Colony: (a) A chief
magistrate in rural districts. He was replaced in 1827 by "resident
magistrates." (b) The president of the
Heemraad.