Here Seventien, noun phrase

/ˌhɪərə sɪəv(ə)nˈtin//ˌjɪərə sɪəv(ə)nˈtin/
Forms:
Also Here Sewentien, Here XVII.
Origin:
DutchShow more Dutch, here gentlemen, lords + seventien (a form of zeventien) or sewentien seventeen.
historical
Seventeen.
1973 [see VOC].
1982 S. Afr. Panorama Jan. 21Jan van Riebeeck..pestered the Here Sewentien (Council of 17) for at least three years before eventually procuring stock vines from Germany, France, Spain, and elsewhere.
1987 W.A. De Klerk in Sunday Times 25 Jan. 32The Cape Patriots carried their klagskrif — indictment — to the Here Seventien, top structure of the VOC in Amsterdam.
1988 D. Paice in Femina June 40Even right at the beginning the government at the Cape was not a king but a commercial guild — the Here XVII.
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