The word drots/drost seems to be of German origin ("Truchsess") and means a steward or a leader of the household, but during the Scandinavian Early Middle Age it developed into a powerful political position.
The word drots/drost seems to be of German origin ("Truchsess") and means a steward or a leader of the household; in Dutch language however, a drost or drossaard was a historical kind of bailiff in parts of the Low Countries. During the Scandinavian Early Middle Age it developed into a powerful political position.