landdrost
noun
land·drost
ˈlan(d)ˌdrȯst
variants or less commonly landtrost
-ˌtr-
plural -s
: a Boer magistrate in a rural district of South Africa prior to the establishment of British administration
the special court … of three landdrosts with a jury
Manfred Nathan
Manfred Nathan
Word History
Etymology
Afrikaans landdros (formerly spelled landdrost), from land land, country (from Middle Dutch) + drost sheriff; akin to Old High German lant land