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单词 hensopper
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hensoppern.

Brit. /hɛnsˈɒpə/, U.S. /ˌhɛnsˈɑpər/, South African English /ˌhensˈɒpər/
Forms: 1900s– 'ensopper, 1900s– hendsopper, 1900s– hensopper.
Origin: A borrowing from Afrikaans. Etymon: Afrikaans hensopper.
Etymology: < Afrikaans hensopper, (also) hendsopper < English hands-upper n.
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.
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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 Fismer told an astonished Parliament that ‘opposition is an outdated colonial concept’.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).
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