voorleser
voorleser noun: a prominent citizen in New Amsterdam, whose duties spanned across law, education and religion.
Noun
voorleser (plural voorlesers)
- A prominent citizen in New Amsterdam, whose duties spanned across law, education and religion.
- A legal or religious reader.
Forms of voorleser
| plural | voorlesers |
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Origin of voorleser
Borrowed from Dutch voorleser (modern spelling voorlezer), from voor- (“before”) + lezer (“reader”).
Questions about voorleser
- What does voorleser mean?
- Voorleser means a prominent citizen in New Amsterdam, whose duties spanned across law, education and religion.
- What part of speech is voorleser?
- Voorleser is a noun.
- What is the plural of voorleser?
- The plural of voorleser is voorlesers.
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