mardijker
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Indonesian merdeka (“free”). Compare to Tagalog maharlika (“freeman”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- Hyphenation: mar‧dij‧ker
Noun
[edit]mardijker m (plural mardijkers, diminutive mardijkertje n)
- former European (especially Dutch) slave, who was converted to Christianity. Mostly used in the time of the VOC presence in Indonesia