Volksraad (plural Volksraads or Volksraden)
(historical) A legislative assembly of various Dutch-speaking regions
The legislature of the South African Republic.
The legislature of the independent Orange Free State.
The people's council of the Dutch East Indies.
Source: Wiktionary
Volks"raad`, n. [D.]
Definition: A legislative assembly or parliament of any one of several countries colonized by the Dutch, esp. that of the South African Republic, or the Transvaal, and that of the Orange Free State.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 May 2025
(adjective) sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; “earthshaking proposals”; “the contest was no world-shaking affair”; “the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering”
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