mardijker

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