stadthouse

English

Etymology

Dutch stadhuis.

Noun

stadthouse (plural stadthouses)

1. (dated) A town hall in a Dutch-speaking country or (former) colony.
   • 1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC:

     Mean while, in order to divert his imagination, he went to see the stadthouse, park and arsenal […] .