noun Heemraad n. (pl. heemraaden) (Sometimes, incorrectly, Heemraat or even Heemrad) In Holland, and, until the 19th century, also in Cape Colony, a council to assist a local magistrate in the government of rural districts; hence, also, a member of such a council.
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