reeve, sheriff, bailiff (official in charge of a rural district)
From Middle Low German droste, from earlier drossete, drotsēte, drotsāte. Cognate with Dutch drost and Middle High German truhtsæze, whence the doublet Truchsess (“steward of a princely household, sewer”). See there for more.
Practica parlar i memoritzar " Drost " i moltes altres paraules i frases a alemany .