katvanger
Dutch (Brabantic)
/ˈkɑtˌfɑ.ŋər/
noun
Definitions
- nominal owner of a vehicle, organisation or bank account, who was put there in order to hide the identity of the real owner from criminal prosecution; dummy, man of straw, front
Etymology
Compound from Dutch, Flemish kat (cat, tip, vessel with wide fore and aft, gratuity) + Dutch, Flemish vanger (catcher).
Origin
Dutch (Brabantic)
vanger
Gloss
catcher
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Catskill Mountains English
- blikvanger Dutch, Flemish
- civetkat Dutch, Flemish
- huiskat Dutch, Flemish
- kat Dutch, Flemish
- kathaai Dutch, Flemish
- kattebel Dutch, Flemish
- kattenbak Dutch, Flemish
- kattengat Dutch, Flemish
- kattenjong Dutch, Flemish
- kattenkop Dutch, Flemish
- kattenkruid Dutch, Flemish
- kattenkwaad Dutch, Flemish
- kattenluik Dutch, Flemish
- kattenmoeder Dutch, Flemish
- kattenvoer Dutch, Flemish
- kattin Dutch, Flemish
- katvogel Dutch, Flemish
- knijpkat Dutch, Flemish
- lapjeskat Dutch, Flemish
- mannetjeskat Dutch, Flemish
- meerkat Dutch, Flemish
- moeraskat Dutch, Flemish
- muskuskat Dutch, Flemish
- rietkat Dutch, Flemish
- vanger Dutch, Flemish
- vrouwtjeskat Dutch, Flemish
- wijfjeskat Dutch, Flemish
- zeekat Dutch, Flemish
- zwerfkat Dutch, Flemish
- catte Middle Dutch
- kat Afrikaans