voorleser

Meaning

Noun

  • A prominent citizen in New Amsterdam, whose duties spanned across law, education and religion.
  • A legal or religious reader.

Origin

  • Borrowed from Dutch voorleser (modern spelling voorlezer), from voor- + lezer.

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