"handlanger" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Afrikaans]

Audio: LL-Q14196 (afr)-Oesjaar-handlanger.wav Forms: handlangers [plural], handlangertjie [diminutive]
Etymology: From Dutch handlanger, from German Handlanger. Etymology templates: {{inh|af|nl|handlanger}} Dutch handlanger, {{der|af|de|Handlanger}} German Handlanger Head templates: {{head|af|noun|||plural|handlangers|||||diminutive|handlangertjie|||||||f2accel-form=p|f2request=1|f5accel-form=diminutive|head=}} handlanger (plural handlangers, diminutive handlangertjie), {{af-noun|s|handlangertjie}} handlanger (plural handlangers, diminutive handlangertjie)
  1. assistant, helper (one who aids)
    Sense id: en-handlanger-af-noun-oZndQIqR Categories (other): Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header: 64 36
  2. henchman, accomplice (one who is an enabler or accessory to a crime)
    Sense id: en-handlanger-af-noun-rJAGTKdT

Noun [Dutch]

IPA: /ˈɦɑntˌlɑ.ŋər/ Audio: Nl-handlanger.ogg Forms: handlangers [plural], handlangertje [diminutive, neuter]
Etymology: Borrowed from German Handlanger. Equivalent to hand + langen + -er. Etymology templates: {{bor|nl|de|Handlanger}} German Handlanger, {{af|nl|hand|langen|-er}} hand + langen + -er Head templates: {{nl-noun|m|-s|+}} handlanger m (plural handlangers, diminutive handlangertje n)
  1. accomplice, henchman (one who assists in criminal or unethical activity) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-handlanger-nl-noun--cPWIMAQ
  2. (now chiefly Suriname or Zeeland, otherwise dated) assistant; helper Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-handlanger-nl-noun-GES2-AhV Categories (other): Surinamese Dutch, Dutch entries with incorrect language header, Dutch terms suffixed with -er Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 18 82 Disambiguation of Dutch terms suffixed with -er: 27 73

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈhændˌlæŋə/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-handlager.wav Forms: handlangers [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Afrikaans handlanger (“assistant, helper”), from Dutch handlanger (“accomplice, henchman; assistant, helper”), analyzable as hand (“hand”) + langen (“to hand over or pass to”) + -er (“-er”, agent suffix) (in the sense of someone who puts things into another person's hands), from German Handlanger (“handyman; henchman”), from Hand (“hand”) + langen (“to hand over, to give; to reach for something”) + -er (“-er”, agent suffix). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|af|handlanger||assistant, helper}} Afrikaans handlanger (“assistant, helper”), {{der|en|nl|handlanger||accomplice, henchman; assistant, helper}} Dutch handlanger (“accomplice, henchman; assistant, helper”), {{der|en|de|Handlanger||handyman; henchman}} German Handlanger (“handyman; henchman”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} handlanger (plural handlangers)
  1. (South Africa) An unskilled assistant to an artisan. Tags: South-Africa Translations (unskilled assistant to an artisan): Handlanger [masculine] (German)
    Sense id: en-handlanger-en-noun-KO86Jn3~ Categories (other): South African English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 34 40 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 6 3 3 5 22 28 34 Disambiguation of 'unskilled assistant to an artisan': 83 16 1
  2. (South Africa, figuratively) An aide, an assistant. Tags: South-Africa, figuratively Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-handlanger-en-noun-BRNXa0y7 Disambiguation of People: 41 54 5 Categories (other): South African English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 34 40 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 32 41 28 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 6 3 3 5 22 28 34
  3. Alternative letter-case form of Handlanger. Tags: alt-of Alternative form of: Handlanger
    Sense id: en-handlanger-en-noun-TlrUJ2uK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 34 40 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 6 3 3 5 22 28 34 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 2 2 3 22 29 37 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 25 32 44

Inflected forms

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}

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