preman

== English == === Etymology === From Indonesian preman, from Dutch vrijman (“freeman”). Doublet of freeman. === Noun === preman (plural premans or premen) A member of an organized criminal gang in Indonesia. === Anagrams === Perman == Galician == === Verb === preman inflection of premer: third-person plural present subjunctive third-person plural imperative == Indonesian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Dutch vrijman (“freeman”). === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈpreman/ [ˈpre.man] Rhymes: -eman Syllabification: pre‧man === Noun === préman (plural preman-preman) freeman, not part of government Synonyms: partikelir, swasta not part of military Synonyms: partikelir, sipil property of a freeman (colloquial) criminal Synonym: penjahat ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → English: preman === Further reading === “preman”, 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