资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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