dresneger

Dutch

Etymology

Compound of Sranan Tongo dresi (“to heal, to cure”) + neger (“black person, negro”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdrɛsˌneː.ɣər/
  • Hyphenation: dres‧ne‧ger

Noun

dresneger m (plural dresnegers)

  1. (Suriname, historical) a slave in Suriname tasked with treating and curing other slaves
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