mandoer

noun

man·​doer

variants or less commonly mandor or mandur

(ˈ)män¦du̇(ə)r,

-dȯ(ə)r

plural -s

: a native foreman or overseer (as of a sugar plantation or a gang of miners) especially in Malaysia, Java, and the Dutch East Indies

Word History

Etymology

Dutch & Indonesian; Dutch mandoer, from Indonesian mandur, from Portuguese mandador, literally, one that commands, from Latin mandator

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