Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

preman

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.12 in modern English

Syllables: pre-man
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A member of an organized criminal gang in Indonesia.

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Dutch

Word Breakdown

Root: preman, vrijman

Inflected Forms

premans (plural) premen (plural)

Questions

What does preman mean?: A member of an organized criminal gang in Indonesia.
Where does preman come from?: It is traced to Dutch.

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