Mentrin.
/ˈmɛntri/, U.S. /ˈmɛntri/ In Malaysia and Indonesia: a minister of state.The word was sometimes used in its Sanskrit form (see mantri n.). In the 19th cent. it was applied specifically to a Perak territorial chief.
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Mentri1880
1880 F. A. Swettenham Some Acct. Independent Native States Malay Peninsula i. 7 He had..got the Mĕntri to assist him in farming the revenues of Krîan, a Province claimed by the Mĕntri.
1883 in I. L. Bird Golden Chersonese 267 The Mĕntri, the Malay Governor of Larut..was powerless to restore order.
1900 W. E. Maxwell in W. W. Skeat Malay Magic iii. 65 The grave was discovered..by workmen employed by the Mĕntri of Perak.
1958 J. Slimming Temiar Jungle ii. 27 Mentri is a Malay title superimposed on the Temiar system of leadership.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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