Volksraad

Volksraad
Volksraad Volks"raad`, n. [D.] 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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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