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- Dutch · borrowed frombijlander
- English todaybilander
Borrowed from Dutch bijlander, equivalent to by- + lander. See also belandre.
Words from the same roots
Dutchbijlander all →
belandre
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A small two-masted merchant vessel, used near the coast or in canals, mostly in the Netherlands. Full definition →