mandoer
noun
man·doer
variants or less commonly mandor or mandur
(ˈ)män¦du̇(ə)r,
-dȯ(ə)r
plural -s
: a native foreman or overseer (as of a sugar plantation or a gang of miners) especially in Malaysia, Java, and the Dutch East Indies
Word History
Etymology
Dutch & Indonesian; Dutch mandoer, from Indonesian mandur, from Portuguese mandador, literally, one that commands, from Latin mandator