单词 | off-reserve |
释义 | off-reserveadj.adv. North American (now chiefly Canadian). A. adj. Located or living outside a designated reserve for an indigenous (originally American Indian) people; = off-reservation adj. at off- prefix 2a. ΚΠ 1950 J. R. Hanks & F. Gully Tribe under Trust 70 In periods of general unemployment there are practically no off-reserve jobs for Indians available. 1978 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 20 Feb. 10 Fewer than 550 of the more than 700 Islington band members live at Whitedog. Many of the others live in off-reserve housing provided by the federal Government in Minaki. 1992 Maclean's 19 Oct. 21/3 The Métis and off-reserve natives would continue in non-status limbo. 1994 C. Wien Turtle Drum 126 The off-reserve plumbers didn't come. B. adv. Not on a reserve. ΚΠ 1983 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 26 July 1 Those who live off-reserve in the city. 1992 Women's Educ. des Femmes Winter 8/2 The dreadful conditions aboriginal women are forced to live in, both on and off-reserve. 1996 Maclean's (Electronic ed.) 11 Nov. Half of the Indian population now lives off-reserve. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.adv.1950 |
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