overste

== Dutch == === Etymology === From over +‎ -st +‎ -e. === Pronunciation === === Noun === overste m (plural oversten, no diminutive) senior (boss) (religion) abbot, prior (military) lieutenant colonel ==== Synonyms ==== (sense 2) abt, prior ==== Descendants ==== Negerhollands: overst, overste, oversten → Indonesian: overste == Indonesian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Dutch overste (“senior; abbot, prior; lieutenant colonel”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /oˈvərs.tə/, [oˈfərs.t̪ə] Rhymes: -stə, -tə Hyphenation: o‧vêr‧stê === Noun === ovêrstê (plural overste-overste) (archaic, historical) abbot, prior (archaic, historical) lieutenant colonel Synonyms: letnan kolonel, obrus === Further reading === “overste”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016