| 释义 |
Hubshee, n. and a.|ˈhʌbʃiː|
Also 7 Abbasie, Hobsy, 8 Hobshy, -ee, Habashi, 9 Haffshee, Hubshi.
[Pers. ḥabšī, Arab. ḥabašī, of or belonging to Habesh or Abyssinia.]
A. n. An Ethiopian, an Abyssinian.
B. adj. Ethiopian, Abyssinian. In Anglo-Indian usage both n. and adj. may be loosely applied to an African Negro (see quot. 1901).
1601J. Sanderson Trav. Levant (1931) 108 Abbasies of Ethiopia. 1698J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 147 They speak of his Hobsies after this manner, That with their Swords they are able to cut down Man and Horse. Ibid. 168 He being from an Hobsy Cophir made a free Denizen. 1757J. H. Grose Voy. E.-Indies 238 The Moors are also fond of having Abyssinian slaves known in India by the name of Hobshee Coffrees. 1789Seir Mutaqherin III. 36 (Y.), In India Negroes, Habissinians, Nobis (i.e. Nubians), &c. &c. are promiscuously called Habashies or Habissians, although the two latter are no Negroes. 1834J. Forbes Oriental Mem. (ed. 2) II. 473 The master of a family adopts a slave, frequently a Haffshee Abyssinian, of the darkest hue, for his heir. 1888Contemp. Rev. Feb. 167 ‘Hubshees’, who looked, though they were not, Negroes, have in India carved out thrones. 1901Kipling Kim vii. 179, I would not appear to her as a hubshi (nigger). 1932― Limits & Renewals 214 Whether he had been General or Sweeper—Sahib—Mussulman—Yahudi—Hubashi—or heathen. |