bohir

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch bouwheer (“master mason; person who commissions an architect for an architectural design”).

Pronunciation

Noun

bohir (plural bohir-bohir)

  1. (colloquial) a project owner or commissioner
  2. (colloquial, derogatory) a political donor or financier, typically exerting large swathes of influence over a preferred candidacy; kingmaker, oligarch

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