agterryern.

Brit.

/ˈaxtəreɪə/,

/ˈaɡtəreɪə/, U.S.

/ˈæɡtərˌreɪər/,

/ˈæxtərˌreɪər/, South African English

/ˈʌxtəreɪə/

Forms:

α. 1800s achter-rider, 1800s achterryder, 1800s agter-rider, 1800s agter-ruiter, 1800s agter-ruyter, 1800s agterryder, 1800s– achter-ryder, 1800s– agter-ryder, 1900s– achterrijder, 1900s– achter-ruiter.

β. 1900s– agter-rijer, 1900s– agterryer, 1900s– agter-ryer.

Origin: A borrowing from Dutch. Etymon: Dutch achterrijder.

Etymology: < South African Dutch achterrijder (1st half of the 19th cent. or earlier; Afrikaans agterryer (1880; also agterruiter (now rare)) < Dutch achter after adv. + rijder rider n., perhaps after voorrijder postilion (late 17th cent.). Compare after-rider n. at after- prefix 3.With the α. forms compare rider n. In β. forms reflecting Afrikaans pronunciation and spelling conventions.

South African.

1. A mounted groom or other attendant; a military servant or batman, responsible esp. for the supervision of supplies and horses; = after-rider n. at after- prefix 3. Now historical.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > attendant or personal servant > [noun] > other specific personal attendants

henchmana1560

wallet-bearer1611

punkaha1613

bathing-woman1789

laquais de place1789

agterryer1824

punkah-wallah1826

famulus1837

personal assistant1910

1824 W. J. Burchell Trav. Interior S. Afr. II. 132 Two boors on horseback, attended by two Hottentot achter-ryders, or according to colonial pronunciation, achter-ryers, (after-riders),..halted for about ten minutes... These achter-ryders are servants intended both for outward show and for use, and correspond..to many of our English grooms.

1833 Graham's Town Jrnl. (S. Afr.) 7 Feb. 3 The commando then proceeded in the dark, each warrior followed..by his ‘squire’, or agter-ryder, who carried his musket for him.

1900 M. Marquard Lett. from Boer Parsonage (1967) vi. 56 His pathetic stories of the faithful old ‘achterrijder’ Velentyn cookin his keteltje, keeping his horses..all these were to me most interesting.

1953 J. Collin-Smith Locusts & Wild Honey ii. v. 174 All was bustle and hurry as the Hottentot agterryers sought to outspan the oxen and lead them away.

2004 I. Knight Boer Commando 1876–1902 19 Many agterryers took an active part in successive campaigns.

2. In extended use: a person filling a subordinate position and thereby reinforcing the position of another in authority; a henchman or lackey.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > attendant or personal servant > [noun] > lackey

bone-pickera1627

lackey1692

stooge1937

agterryer1962

1962 A. Fugard Notebks. (1983) 50 Another important person..was the ‘agter-ryer’—the tough bully singled out by the warder to help him keep the other prisoners in order. Every section had its agter-ryer.

1977 Eastern Province Herald (Port Elizabeth) 18 Nov. 2 The coloured and the Indians, nearly three million in all, will have to be content with a kind of agterryers' role in so-called white South Africa.

2003 H. Giliomee Afrikaners 355 (heading) ‘To stop being agterryers’: The Assertion of a New Afrikaner Identity.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	agterryer
释义	agterryern. Brit. /ˈaxtəreɪə/, /ˈaɡtəreɪə/, U.S. /ˈæɡtərˌreɪər/, /ˈæxtərˌreɪər/, South African English /ˈʌxtəreɪə/ Forms: α. 1800s achter-rider, 1800s achterryder, 1800s agter-rider, 1800s agter-ruiter, 1800s agter-ruyter, 1800s agterryder, 1800s– achter-ryder, 1800s– agter-ryder, 1900s– achterrijder, 1900s– achter-ruiter. β. 1900s– agter-rijer, 1900s– agterryer, 1900s– agter-ryer. Origin: A borrowing from Dutch. Etymon: Dutch achterrijder. Etymology: < South African Dutch achterrijder (1st half of the 19th cent. or earlier; Afrikaans agterryer (1880; also agterruiter (now rare)) < Dutch achter after adv. + rijder rider n., perhaps after voorrijder postilion (late 17th cent.). Compare after-rider n. at after- prefix 3.With the α. forms compare rider n. In β. forms reflecting Afrikaans pronunciation and spelling conventions. South African. 1. A mounted groom or other attendant; a military servant or batman, responsible esp. for the supervision of supplies and horses; = after-rider n. at after- prefix 3. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > attendant or personal servant > [noun] > other specific personal attendants henchmana1560 wallet-bearer1611 punkaha1613 bathing-woman1789 laquais de place1789 agterryer1824 punkah-wallah1826 famulus1837 personal assistant1910 1824 W. J. Burchell Trav. Interior S. Afr. II. 132 Two boors on horseback, attended by two Hottentot achter-ryders, or according to colonial pronunciation, achter-ryers, (after-riders),..halted for about ten minutes... These achter-ryders are servants intended both for outward show and for use, and correspond..to many of our English grooms. 1833 Graham's Town Jrnl. (S. Afr.) 7 Feb. 3 The commando then proceeded in the dark, each warrior followed..by his ‘squire’, or agter-ryder, who carried his musket for him. 1900 M. Marquard Lett. from Boer Parsonage (1967) vi. 56 His pathetic stories of the faithful old ‘achterrijder’ Velentyn cookin his keteltje, keeping his horses..all these were to me most interesting. 1953 J. Collin-Smith Locusts & Wild Honey ii. v. 174 All was bustle and hurry as the Hottentot agterryers sought to outspan the oxen and lead them away. 2004 I. Knight Boer Commando 1876–1902 19 Many agterryers took an active part in successive campaigns. 2. In extended use: a person filling a subordinate position and thereby reinforcing the position of another in authority; a henchman or lackey. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > attendant or personal servant > [noun] > lackey bone-pickera1627 lackey1692 stooge1937 agterryer1962 1962 A. Fugard Notebks. (1983) 50 Another important person..was the ‘agter-ryer’—the tough bully singled out by the warder to help him keep the other prisoners in order. Every section had its agter-ryer. 1977 Eastern Province Herald (Port Elizabeth) 18 Nov. 2 The coloured and the Indians, nearly three million in all, will have to be content with a kind of agterryers' role in so-called white South Africa. 2003 H. Giliomee Afrikaners 355 (heading) ‘To stop being agterryers’: The Assertion of a New Afrikaner Identity. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1824
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