mandoorn.

Brit.

/ˈmandɔː/,

/ˈmandʊə/, U.S.

/ˈmændʊ(ə)r/,

/ˈmɑndʊ(ə)r/, South African English

/ˈmʌndʊə/

Forms: 1800s– mandoor, 1900s– mantoor.

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

Etymology: < Dutch mandoor (1687 or earlier) < Malay mandor , mandur overseer, foreman (see mandor n.).

South African. historical.

During the early years of the Dutch settlement at the Cape of Good Hope: a foreman or overseer of slaves or labourers.

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1802 Afr. Kalendar in Dict. S. Afr. Eng. (at cited word) Department of the Slave Lodge... Mandoors August Nederland Johan Mich. Berthold Anthon Jonker Phil. Tiftel.

1913 C. Pettman Africanderisms 309 Mandoor (Port. mandador, an overseer, superintendent.), a foreman. This is the Malay form of the word current in the Archipelago, whence it was brought in the early days to South Africa by Malay slaves.

1974 A. Brink Looking on Darkness 44 He must have been twenty or so when he became mantoor or overseer on a farm in Klapmuts district.

1989 Reader's Digest Illustr. Hist. S. Afr. 52 Farm slaves often worked under the immediate supervision of a mandoor (overseer) who was himself a slave, usually Cape-born and chosen for this senior position by his owner.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mandoor
释义	mandoorn. Brit. /ˈmandɔː/, /ˈmandʊə/, U.S. /ˈmændʊ(ə)r/, /ˈmɑndʊ(ə)r/, South African English /ˈmʌndʊə/ Forms: 1800s– mandoor, 1900s– mantoor. Origin: A borrowing from Dutch. Etymon: Dutch mandoor. Etymology: < Dutch mandoor (1687 or earlier) < Malay mandor , mandur overseer, foreman (see mandor n.). South African. historical. During the early years of the Dutch settlement at the Cape of Good Hope: a foreman or overseer of slaves or labourers. ΚΠ 1802 Afr. Kalendar in Dict. S. Afr. Eng. (at cited word) Department of the Slave Lodge... Mandoors August Nederland Johan Mich. Berthold Anthon Jonker Phil. Tiftel. 1913 C. Pettman Africanderisms 309 Mandoor (Port. mandador, an overseer, superintendent.), a foreman. This is the Malay form of the word current in the Archipelago, whence it was brought in the early days to South Africa by Malay slaves. 1974 A. Brink Looking on Darkness 44 He must have been twenty or so when he became mantoor or overseer on a farm in Klapmuts district. 1989 Reader's Digest Illustr. Hist. S. Afr. 52 Farm slaves often worked under the immediate supervision of a mandoor (overseer) who was himself a slave, usually Cape-born and chosen for this senior position by his owner. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1802
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