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nimismies

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Finnish

Etymology

nimis- + mies

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnimisˌmie̯s/, [ˈnimis̠ˌmie̞̯s̠]
  • Rhymes: -ies
  • Syllabification(key): ni‧mis‧mies
  • Hyphenation(key): nimis‧mies

Noun

nimismies

  1. (historical) a peasant appointed as the representative of a rural municipality (pitäjä)
  2. (historical) rural police chief (acting as a police chief, sheriff, distrainor and prosecutor)

Usage notes

The second meaning is a derivation of the first, and the role it describes was abolished in 1996, except in the most sparsely populated areas of the country.

Declension

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