kurveyorn.
/kəˈveɪə/, U.S. /kərˈveɪər/, South African English /kəˈveɪə/ South African.
A travelling trader in South Africa.
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1885 W. Greswell in Macmillan's Mag. Feb. 285/2 The kurveyor or carrier who drags the trade of the country about in his ponderous ox waggon with spans of 16 or 20 oxen.
1896 Blackwood's Mag. 645 It was a very paying thing for the individual ‘transport-rider’ or ‘Kurveyor’ to convey goods to and from Kimberley.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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