Mardykern.

Brit.

/ˈmɑːdʌɪkə/, U.S.

/ˈmɑrˌdaɪkər/, South African English

/ˈmɑːdaɪkə/,

/ˈmɑːdeɪkə/

Forms: 1700s 1900s– Mardyker, 1800s– Mardycker.

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

Etymology: < Dutch Mardijker (early 17th cent. in form mardijcker ), probably < Javanese mardika free (perhaps in the Ambonese place name Campon Maredheyka (see note); cognate with Malay merdeka : see merdeka n.) + Dutch -er -er suffix¹.Explained as follows by François Valentyn, Beschryving van Amboina (1724) ii. 123 (translated in ‘A Cape Colonist’ Cape Malays (1883) 3): ‘Mardycka, or Maredhika, in the East Indies belongs to Amboyna…Between the town Amboyna and Soya in the neighbourhood of the river Waytomo, there is a hamlet commonly called Campon-Maredhika [sic], inhabited by strangers who first arrived with the Portuguese from the Moluccas proper, and were employed to help in strengthening the position of the latter against the Amboineese.’

South African. Now historical.

One of a group of freed Malay slaves who were employed to fight with the Dutch colonists against the indigenous people of the Cape of Good Hope, and also later against the British, during the period of Dutch East India Company rule in the 17th and 18th centuries.

ΚΠ

1704 tr. P. Baldæus Descr. Ceylon in A. Churchill & J. Churchill Coll. Voy. III. 724/1 The Javaneses and Mardykers.

1883 E. G. Aspeling Cape Malays 3 The Amsterdam Chamber was most anxious that free Malays should settle at the Cape to strengthen the position of the Dutch against the Hottentots and other natives, i.e., to be employed in a similar manner as the Mardyckers had been by the Portuguese at the Moluccas.

1944 I. D. Du Plessis Cape Malays 46 The Malays who took part in this engagement at Blaauwberg were known as Mardyckers: servants of high officials of the Dutch East India Company.

1971 L. G. Green Taste of South-Easter 139 Some free Malays attended Dutchmen of rank on visits to Europe and learnt to speak Dutch. Such men often remained at the Cape on their return and were known as Mardykers.

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

单词	mardyker
释义	Mardykern. Brit. /ˈmɑːdʌɪkə/, U.S. /ˈmɑrˌdaɪkər/, South African English /ˈmɑːdaɪkə/, /ˈmɑːdeɪkə/ Forms: 1700s 1900s– Mardyker, 1800s– Mardycker. Origin: A borrowing from Dutch. Etymon: Dutch Mardijker. Etymology: < Dutch Mardijker (early 17th cent. in form mardijcker ), probably < Javanese mardika free (perhaps in the Ambonese place name Campon Maredheyka (see note); cognate with Malay merdeka : see merdeka n.) + Dutch -er -er suffix¹.Explained as follows by François Valentyn, Beschryving van Amboina (1724) ii. 123 (translated in ‘A Cape Colonist’ Cape Malays (1883) 3): ‘Mardycka, or Maredhika, in the East Indies belongs to Amboyna…Between the town Amboyna and Soya in the neighbourhood of the river Waytomo, there is a hamlet commonly called Campon-Maredhika [sic], inhabited by strangers who first arrived with the Portuguese from the Moluccas proper, and were employed to help in strengthening the position of the latter against the Amboineese.’ South African. Now historical. One of a group of freed Malay slaves who were employed to fight with the Dutch colonists against the indigenous people of the Cape of Good Hope, and also later against the British, during the period of Dutch East India Company rule in the 17th and 18th centuries. ΚΠ 1704 tr. P. Baldæus Descr. Ceylon in A. Churchill & J. Churchill Coll. Voy. III. 724/1 The Javaneses and Mardykers. 1883 E. G. Aspeling Cape Malays 3 The Amsterdam Chamber was most anxious that free Malays should settle at the Cape to strengthen the position of the Dutch against the Hottentots and other natives, i.e., to be employed in a similar manner as the Mardyckers had been by the Portuguese at the Moluccas. 1944 I. D. Du Plessis Cape Malays 46 The Malays who took part in this engagement at Blaauwberg were known as Mardyckers: servants of high officials of the Dutch East India Company. 1971 L. G. Green Taste of South-Easter 139 Some free Malays attended Dutchmen of rank on visits to Europe and learnt to speak Dutch. Such men often remained at the Cape on their return and were known as Mardykers. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1704
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