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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Heemraad

· Heem·raad · IPA
01 n. In Holland, and, until the 19th century, also in Cape Colony, a council to assist a local magistrate in the government of rural districts; …
pl. -raaden ((#))
  1. 1.
    In Holland, and, until the 19th century, also in Cape Colony, a council to assist a local magistrate in the government of rural districts; hence, also, a member of such a council.