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单词 oga
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ogan.

Brit. /əʊˈɡɑː/, /ˈɒɡə/, U.S. /oʊˈɡɑ/, /ˈoʊɡə/, /ˈɑɡə/, West African English /ˈɔɡa/
Origin: A borrowing from Yoruba. Etymon: Yoruba ọ̀gá.
Etymology: < Yoruba ọ̀gá chief, master.
West African.
In Nigeria and surrounding areas: a chief, employer, or superior; (frequently as a form of address) sir, master.
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society > authority > [noun] > those in authority > person in authority > head or chief
headeOE
headmanOE
headsmanOE
masterlinga1200
dukec1275
chevetaine1297
chief1297
headlingc1300
principalc1325
captainc1380
primatec1384
chieftainc1400
master-man1424
principate1483
grand captain1531
headmaster?1545
knap of the casec1555
capitano1594
muqaddam1598
mudaliyar1662
reis1677
sachem1684
doge1705
prytanis1790
gam1827
main guy1882
oga1917
ras1935
the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous forms of address or title > [noun] > for a man > in languages other than English
Messer1566
signory1585
signor1592
signore1594
mynheer1605
signorship1633
tuan1779
Bwana1860
meneer1899
oga1917
Thakin1920
sayyid1964
1917 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 47 162 The eldest son of the dead man brings a dog and a chicken to purify the house. The o̱ga of the nkpese passes them round the heads of all the umunna widdershins.
1966 C. Ekwensi Lokotown (1983) 146 ‘Don't you know me again?’ ‘What is it, Oga’ ‘I want a taxi.’
1976 Daily Times (Lagos) 21 May 16/3 The indignities..to which they are subjected by their ‘oga’.
1991 B. Bandele-Thomas Man who came in from Back of Beyond iv. 118 ‘I beg oga,’ pleaded the specialist, ‘make you no vex, the charge na only fifty naira.’
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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