mandor

English

Noun

mandor (plural mandors)

1. (historical) A chief worker or a supervisor, who oversees the work of other workers.
2. (Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia) A workman who oversees others in a factory or a plantation, typically an oil palm or rubber estate.

Anagrams

• Damron, Dorman, Rodman, random, rodman

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Indonesian

Etymology

Unknown, possibly from Portuguese mando (“command, order”), mandar (“to order, command”), from Latin mandāre, present active indicative of mandō (“order, commission”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈman.dɔr]
• Hyphenation: man‧dor

Noun

mandor (first-person possessive mandorku, second-person possessive mandormu, third-person possessive mandornya)

1. foreman, overseer, supervisor
2. driver

Alternative forms

• mandur

Descendants

• → English: mandor

Further reading

• “mandor” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) mandor

1. first-person singular present passive indicative of mandō