Datuk
/ (dæˈtʊk) /
noun
(in Malaysia) a title denoting membership of a high order of chivalry
Derived FormsDatin (dæˈtiːn), fem n
Word Origin for Datuk
from Malay datu chief
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Examples from the Web for datuk
As Husin, the datuk, put it, “We devote everything to women.”