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Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch keniart, canjaert, kangart, kenjard, from Old French cagnard.
Pronunciation
Noun
kanjer m (plural kanjers, diminutive kanjertje n)
- something or someone who is big or the biggest of their kind; a whopper
- Synonym: joekel
- one who is admirable; a hero, a star
- Wauw, wat een kanjer! ― Wow, what a hero!
- (archaic) a lazy and/or boastful person
- (obsolete) a quack, a charlatan
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