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Dutch
Etymology
stok 'stick' + bewaarder 'keeper' (from the root of bewaren 'to keep, conserve, guard' + -der)
Pronunciation
Noun
stokbewaarder m (plural stokbewaarders, diminutive stokbewaardertje n)
- (archaic) a jailer, notably one which carries a cane‐like instrument to prod or discipline prisoners, as usual in Antiquity and feudal era
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