drost

See also: Drost and drôt

Dutch

Alternative forms
  • (archaic) drossaard

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /drɔst/
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  • 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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