backveldn.
In South Africa, the primitive or unprogressive rural districts lying away from the towns. Also attributive.
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Transkei1852
Strandveld1875
lowveld1878
Middleveld1878
rand1890
reef1903
backveld1905
platteland1917
south-west1928
1905 Spectator 7 Jan. 5/1 We do not see why the low European or the back-veld Dutchman should be given a right to a decision on matters which they do not profess to understand.
1908 Westm. Gaz. 4 Mar. 2/3 The back-veldt members of Het Volk.
1911 East London Disp. 28 Oct. 3 A few visitors from the back veld.
1920 Contemp. Rev. Feb. 197 In the dorps and the backveld, society, business, religion, and politics are closely interwoven.
1960 Times 8 Oct. 7/2 The ox-wagon has creaked a little farther away into the blue of the backveld.
Derivatives
ˈbackvelder n. a dweller in the backveld.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Africa > native or inhabitant of Southern Africa > [noun] > countries or regions
Angolan1600
Angola1653
Malay1765
South African1806
Ngwaketsea1832
bushboya1834
Kapenaar1834
Transkeian1847
bosch-man1849
Natalian1850
burgher1879
Transvaaler1887
veldman1895
Rhodesian1897
Vaalpens1899
backvelder1911
plattelander1934
southwester1960
Zimbabwean1961
Zambian1963
Botswanian1966
Botswanan1967
Namibian1968
Ciskeian1973
Sowetan1974
1911 E. London Disp. 28 Oct. 3 To present the rugged backvelder in his true colours.
1926 Glasgow Herald 15 Dec. 12 One cannot..expect that some of the old suspicions will not from time to time be revived by the backvelders.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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