preman

English

Etymology

From Indonesian preman, from Dutch vrijman (“freeman”). Doublet of freeman.

Noun

preman (plural premans or premen)

1. A member of an organized criminal gang in Indonesia.

Anagrams

• Perman

Galician

Verb

preman

1. inflection of premer:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch vrijman (“freeman”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈprɛ.man]
• Hyphenation: prè‧man

Noun

prèman (first-person possessive premanku, second-person possessive premanmu, third-person possessive premannya)

1. freeman,
   1. not part of government.

      Synonyms: partikelir, swasta

   2. not part of military.

      Synonyms: partikelir, sipil

2. property of a freeman.
3. (colloquial) criminal.

   Synonym: penjahat

Descendants

• → English: preman

Further reading

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