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Definition: -drosten
Landdrost \Land"drost`\, n.; pl. -drosten . Sometimes
incorrectly Landtrost \Landtrost\ [D., fr. land land + drost
a kind of official; akin to G. truchsess.] (In South Africa)
(a) A chief magistrate in rural districts. He was replaced in
1827 by “resident magistrates.”
(b) The president of the Heemraad.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]