| 单词 | native reserve |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnative reserve native reserve n. now historical and offensive an area of land (esp. in Africa) set aside, originally by a colonial administration, later by a national government, for the exclusive use of the indigenous population. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > a land or country > part of country or district > [noun] > reservation for indigenous people reserve1667 Indian reserve1752 reservation1792 Indian reservation1804 station1825 location1833 native reserve1842 native location1866 res1880 native location1928 township1934 homeland1959 1842 Austral. & N.Z. Monthly Mag. 171 Native reserves..the whole of the sections reserved for the use of the aborigines are to be let on lease for a term not exceeding seven years. 1879 Littell's Living Age 2 Aug. 318/1 The Yankees, we are told, put sacredly aside the native reserves. 1909 S. Afr. Act in Amer. Jrnl. Internat. Law (1910) 4 (Suppl.) 38 It shall not be lawful to alienate any land in Basutoland or any land forming part of the native reserves. 1950 M. Chappell Rhodesian Adventure ix. 101 The whole area is a native reserve and looks no different today than it has for centuries. 1997 Amer. Polit. Sci. Rev. 91 608/2 KANU demanded that only communal land under the Native Reserves be entrusted to the regions. < as lemmas |
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