hotemetoot
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Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Possibly borrowed from Japanese 旗本, though its origins as a dialectal word makes a borrowing from an East Asian language less plausible.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]hotemetoot m (plural hotemetoten, diminutive hotemetootje n)
- (chiefly Netherlands) bigwig, poobah