blokleider

English translation: group leader

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Dutch term or phrase:blokleider
English translation:group leader
Entered by: Erik Macki

00:51 Dec 10, 2004
Dutch to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Genealogy / birth certificate parental profession
Dutch term or phrase: blokleider
This is a birth certificate from 1968, stating the profession of the father:

[Naam], blokleider, geboren in Mol, provincie Amsterdam...

"Blokleider" does mean "bloc leader" or "party leader," but is there another, lesser-known meaning?
Erik Macki
Local time: 12:06
group leader
Explanation:
That's what I would do.
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11thmuse
Local time: 05:06
Grading comment
Thanks--this is a good solution to the problem given the minimal context.
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Summary of answers provided
5variour other meanings
seaMount
3group leader
11thmuse


  

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39 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
variour other meanings


Explanation:
function at the "Plaatselijke Luchtbescherming" (ref1)
bedrijfsoperator kerncentrale (ref2)


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Note added at 43 mins (2004-12-10 01:34:29 GMT)
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leader of a (educational)course:
http://helix.stichtingpuls.nl/helix131/beta.htm


etc. Just google \"blokleider\"!



    Reference: http://www.geocities.com/abldepot/plb3.html
    Reference: http://www.vzw-bachelor.be/picture/steven-van-troys.htm
seaMount
Local time: 20:06
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch, Native in EnglishEnglish
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
group leader


Explanation:
That's what I would do.

11thmuse
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Thanks--this is a good solution to the problem given the minimal context.
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