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voorleser

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
voor-leser
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A prominent citizen in New Amsterdam, whose duties spanned across law, education and religion.

American usage

noun

A legal or religious reader.

American usage

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch voorleser (modern spelling voorlezer), from voor- (“before”) + lezer (“reader”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

voorlesers (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

voorlezen

Questions

What does voorleser mean?
A prominent citizen in New Amsterdam, whose duties spanned across law, education and religion.
Where does voorleser come from?
It is traced to Dutch.

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