(in Malaysia and Indonesia) a village headman or chief.
（马来西亚和印度尼西亚的）村长，村头领
Example sentencesExamples
Hence, this linkage provided by the penghulus forms the main channel of formal communication and mechanism for the aggregation of ground-level inputs, as well as representation of popular participation, into the decision-making process of rural development in Malaysia.
The community recently embraced Christianity and in February of this year, requested for help to erect a church building in their village through their Penghulu or headman, Pedik bin Busu.