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, Madron, Mardon, Rodman, modRNA, ram-don, random, rodman

Indonesian

Etymology

Unknown, possibly from Portuguese mandador, mando (“command, order”), or 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

• → Chinese: 蠻律／蛮律 (mánlǜ)
• → 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 Indonesia, 2016.

Latin

Verb

mandor

1. first-person singular present passive indicative of mandō