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menteri besar

noun

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Malay menteri besar (literally “first minister”).

Definitions

  1. the head of government of a state with monarch

    • Selangor Menteri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim, who is in Singapore to study Singapore's experiences in cleaning up her rivers, called on Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong at the Istana today.
    • Datuk Onn Hafiz Ghazi was appointed the new Johor menteri besar on Tuesday (March 15), following the state polls on Saturday that brought back Umno-led Barisan Nasional (BN) into power on its own steam.
    • Two PKR caretaker menteris besar will defend their seats in the upcoming state elections.

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