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Dutch
Etymology
From armoede (“poverty; strife”) + zaaier (“one who sows”), a calque of West Frisian earmoedsaaier (“aggressive, argumentative person”). West Frisian later borrowed the sense “destitute person” from Dutch.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑr.mutˌsaː.jər/
- Hyphenation: ar‧moed‧zaai‧er
Noun
armoedzaaier m (plural armoedzaaiers, diminutive armoedzaaiertje n)
- one who is extremely poor, a down-and-outer, a beggar
- (archaic) an aggressive or cruel person, a hothead, one given to fights and bickering
- Synonyms: onruststoker, ruziemaker, ruziestoker, ruziezoeker
1884 April 12, P. Doon, “Mijnheer de Redakteur!”, in Recht voor allen. Orgaan van de Sociaal-Demokratische Partij in Nederland, volume 6, number 7, page 4:Schaamt zoo'n ongelukkige armoedzaaier zich niet een oppassend huisvader van zeven nog zeer jeugdige kinderen zoo plotseling broodeloos op straat te zetten?- Isn't such a deplorable troublemaker ashamed about suddenly kicking a cautious father with a family of seven very young children onto the street without employment?
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