voorleser
Meanings
noun
- A prominent citizen in New Amsterdam, whose duties spanned across law, education and religion.
- A legal or religious reader.
Word forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch voorleser (modern spelling voorlezer), from voor- (“before”) + lezer (“reader”).
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