drost

See also: Drost and drôt

Dutch

Alternative forms

  • drossaard (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle Dutch drutsate (“steward”), from a Common Germanic compound of Proto-Germanic *druhtiz (“troop”) and a derivative of Proto-Germanic *satjaną (“set”). Cognate with German Drost and Truchsess, Old Norse dróttseti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /drɔst/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: drost
  • Rhymes: -ɔst

Noun

drost m (plural drosten, diminutive drostje n)

  1. (feudal title) reeve, steward

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Welsh

Etymology

From drost-, the stem of inflected personal forms of dros.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /drɔsd/, [drɔst]

Preposition

drost (triggers soft mutation)

  1. (North Wales, colloquial) alternative form of dros
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