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mandor|ˈmændɔə(r)|
Also mandore, mandur.
[Malay mandor (mandur), ad. Pg. mandador one who gives orders.]
A foreman or overseer in Malaysia or Indonesia. Cf. kangany.
1889S. J. Hickson Naturalist in North Celebes 65 The coolies were under the supervision of two mandūrs or foremen. 1926Blackw. Mag. Apr. 508/1 A Malay ‘mandor’ is told that at a certain time on that day he must bring so many men. 1928Ibid. Apr. 473/1, I remember a Malay mandor of mine laughing aloud when he was told that another Malay and two children had died..from exposure. 1958Ginsburg & Roberts Malaya ix. 333 In the managerial class the labor foremen, kanganies or mandors, are a combination of labor boss and patriarch depending on personality factors and on the strength of the trade-union organization. 1962B. Harrisson Orang-Utan iii. 119 We heard..through one of the road engineers..that one of his Malay mandors had been asked to look for a baby gibbon which somebody wanted to keep as a pet. 1965C. Shuttleworth Malayan Safari iii. 41 An Indian mandor (foreman) was taken from the veranda of his house whilst sleeping. 1969K. S. Sandhu Indians in Malaya iii. 114 Mandurs (overseers)..and railway porters were classified as skilled workers and allowed to return to Malaya [from India]. 1970T. Lilley Projects Section xv. 192 Raja Gopal's house..stands..about a hundred yards from the labour lines..of which Raja Gopal is..the Mandore in charge. 1972Sunday Times (Kuala Lumpur) 30 Apr. 3/2 Tin mine mandore Yaacob bin Abdul Wahab had to master more than the course. |