preman

English

Etymology

From Indonesian preman, from Dutch vrijman (“freeman”). Doublet of freeman.

Noun

preman (plural premans or premen)

  1. A member of an organized criminal gang in Indonesia.

Anagrams

Galician

Verb

preman

  1. inflection of premer:
    1. third-person plural present subjunctive
    2. third-person plural imperative

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch vrijman (“freeman”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈprɛ.man]
  • Hyphenation: prè‧man

Noun

prèman (plural preman-preman)

  1. freeman,
    1. not part of government
      Synonyms: partikelir, swasta
    2. not part of military
      Synonyms: partikelir, sipil
  2. property of a freeman
  3. (colloquial) criminal
    Synonym: penjahat

Descendants

  • → English: preman

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