a. and sb. Obs. [f. STADHOLDER + -IAN.] a. adj. Pertaining to a stadholder or to the office of stadholder; attached to the party of the stadholder. b. sb. A partisan of the stadholder.
1784–5. Ann. Reg., Hist. Europe, 102/1. The hereditary enemies of the stadtholderian system of government. Ibid. (1787), Chron., 225/2. The houses of the Stadtholderians were not exempt from ravage. Ibid. (1796), St. Papers, 194. The Netherlands were no longer under the stadtholderian yoke.
