pangerann.
/ˌpaŋɡəˈran/, U.S. /ˌpɑŋɡəˈrɑn/ In Malaysia and Indonesia, esp. Java: a prince or other male noble of high rank. Also used as a title.
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1616 W. Keeling Jrnl. (1971) 151 The Pangran or Protector now sent for me.
1798 S. H. Wilcocke tr. J. S. Stavorinus Voy. E.-Indies I. ii. i. 214 I..appoint the said pangorang, to be pangorang ratoo, or hereditary prince, and heir to the crown and the whole empire of Bantam.
a1811 J. Leyden tr. Malay Ann. (1821) viii. 272 The pangeran of Surabaya..came to Malaca.
1866 Atlantic Monthly Dec. 668/1 This state is governed, or rather misgoverned, by a sultan, and, under him, by rajahs and pangerans.
1900 J. Conrad Lord Jim xx. 219 He came into the council-hall where all the rajahs, pangerans, and headmen were assembled, with the queen,..reclining on a high couch under a canopy.
1943 Man 43 91/2 With the sudden death of our Institute's guest member, His Excellency Pangeran Ario Soejono, both the Netherlands Government and the Indonesian people have suffered a great loss.
1997 Jakarta Post (Nexis) 23 Nov. 3 When he was made regent, he also gained the title of Raden Tumenggung, then Aria,..and finally Pangeran (prince) Aria, with the right to use a golden umbrella like those of the princes of Central Java.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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