# voorleser

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A prominent citizen in New Amsterdam, whose duties spanned across law, education and religion.
2. A legal or religious reader.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch voorleser (modern spelling voorlezer), from voor- (“before”) + lezer (“reader”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/voorleser