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Dutch
Etymology
Compound of wereld (“world”) + verzaker.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʋeː.rəlt.fərˌzaː.kər/, /ˈʋeː.rəlt.fɛrˌzaː.kər/
- Hyphenation: we‧reld‧ver‧za‧ker
Noun
wereldverzaker m (plural wereldverzakers, diminutive wereldverzakertje n)
- (chiefly Hinduism, Buddhism) ascetic, someone who pursues an ascetic way of life
- Synonym: verzaker
1964, Johannes Cornelis Heesterman, Spel der tegenstellingen, E. J. Brill, section 16:Kortom, de ware brahmaan is de wereldverzaker, die de onderlinge afhankelijkheidsverhoudingen achter zich gelaten heeft.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)