mandorn.

Brit.

/ˈmandɔː/, U.S.

/ˈmændɔr/

Forms: 1800s– mandore, 1800s– mandūr, 1900s– mandor, 1900s– mandur.

Origin: A borrowing from Malay. Etymon: Malay mandor.

Etymology: < Malay mandor, mandur overseer, village headman < Portuguese mandador person who gives orders, commander (15th cent.) < mandad- , past participial stem of mandar to order, command, send (1209; < classical Latin mandāre : see mandate n.) + -or -or suffix.Compare the following, which relates to Bombay Island in India:1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 67 Each of which Tribes have a Mandadore or Superintendant.

In Malaysia and Indonesia: a foreman or overseer. Cf. kangany n.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to status > [noun] > overseer or foreman

stewarda1400

surveyorc1440

supervisorc1454

overlookera1513

workmaster1525

supervisora1529

foreman1574

superintendent1575

overman1606

headman1725

overseer1766

gang leader1775

hagmaster1797

maistry1798

gangsman1803

kangany1817

capataz1826

gangman1830

ganger1836

gaffer1841

gang boss1863

ramrod1881

charge-man1885

mandor1885

captain1886

overganger1887

ephor1890

pusher1901

gangster1913

line manager1960

1885 Cent. Mag. July 438/2 Leaping ashore, accompanied only by his mandore, a Malay named Drahman, he gave chase.

1889 S. J. Hickson Naturalist in N. Celebes 65 The coolies were under the supervision of two mandūrs or foremen.

1928 Blackwood's Mag. 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.

1958 N. S. Ginsburg & C. F. 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.

1972 Sunday Times (Kuala Lumpur) 30 Apr. 3/2 Tin mine mandore Yaacob bin Abdul Wahab had to master more than the course.

1990 Eng. Today Oct. 23/2 Mandore/conductor, names for labour supervisors on a rubber estate. Both are Portuguese in origin.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mandor
释义	mandorn. Brit. /ˈmandɔː/, U.S. /ˈmændɔr/ Forms: 1800s– mandore, 1800s– mandūr, 1900s– mandor, 1900s– mandur. Origin: A borrowing from Malay. Etymon: Malay mandor. Etymology: < Malay mandor, mandur overseer, village headman < Portuguese mandador person who gives orders, commander (15th cent.) < mandad- , past participial stem of mandar to order, command, send (1209; < classical Latin mandāre : see mandate n.) + -or -or suffix.Compare the following, which relates to Bombay Island in India:1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 67 Each of which Tribes have a Mandadore or Superintendant. In Malaysia and Indonesia: a foreman or overseer. Cf. kangany n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to status > [noun] > overseer or foreman stewarda1400 surveyorc1440 supervisorc1454 overlookera1513 workmaster1525 supervisora1529 foreman1574 superintendent1575 overman1606 headman1725 overseer1766 gang leader1775 hagmaster1797 maistry1798 gangsman1803 kangany1817 capataz1826 gangman1830 ganger1836 gaffer1841 gang boss1863 ramrod1881 charge-man1885 mandor1885 captain1886 overganger1887 ephor1890 pusher1901 gangster1913 line manager1960 1885 Cent. Mag. July 438/2 Leaping ashore, accompanied only by his mandore, a Malay named Drahman, he gave chase. 1889 S. J. Hickson Naturalist in N. Celebes 65 The coolies were under the supervision of two mandūrs or foremen. 1928 Blackwood's Mag. 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. 1958 N. S. Ginsburg & C. F. 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. 1972 Sunday Times (Kuala Lumpur) 30 Apr. 3/2 Tin mine mandore Yaacob bin Abdul Wahab had to master more than the course. 1990 Eng. Today Oct. 23/2 Mandore/conductor, names for labour supervisors on a rubber estate. Both are Portuguese in origin. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1885
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