单词 | hensopper |
释义 | hensoppern. South African (sometimes derogatory). Originally: a Boer who surrendered to the British during the Boer War (1899–1902). Now also in extended use: a person who surrenders or who gives up on something. Cf. hands-upper n.Cf. also bittereinder n. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > defeated or conquered > [noun] > one who surrenders yielder1598 capitulator1611 capitulant1747 hands-upper1901 hand-upper1901 hand-up1902 hensopper1960 1960 L. M. Thompson Unification S. Afr. 17 The war had left a bitter legacy of divisions..between bittereinders.., who had fought to the end, [and] hensoppers..who had passively accepted British rule. 1999 Finance Week (Johannesburg) 21 May 94/1 The hensopper is acting true to form... Fismer told an astonished Parliament that ‘opposition is an outdated colonial concept’. 2003 Sunday Times (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 26 Oct. (Human Interest section) 7 Today, thanks to these hensoppers, SA rugby is just about completely at the mercy of the government. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1960 |
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