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- Dutch · borrowed fromheemraad“village council”
- English todayheemraad
From Dutch heemraad (“village council”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
heemraad
Today it means: In Holland, and, until the 19th century, also in Cape Colony, a council to assist a local magistrate in the government of rural districts. Full definition →
Dutch heemraad