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单词 ossewa brandwag
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Ossewa Brandwagn.

Brit. /ˌɒsəvə ˈbrandvaɡ/, /ˌɒsəvə ˈbrɑːndvɑːɡ/, U.S. /ˌɑsəvə ˈbrɑndˌvɑɡ/, South African English /ˌɔsəvɑː ˈbrʌntvəx/
Forms: 1900s– Ossewa Brandwag, 1900s– Ossewabrandwag, 1900s– Ossewa Brandweg.
Origin: A borrowing from Afrikaans. Etymon: Afrikaans Ossewa Brandwag.
Etymology: < Afrikaans Ossewa Brandwag < ossewa ox-wagon ( < osse , plural of os ox n. + wa wain n.1) + brandwag sentry ( < brand fire (see brand n.) + wag watch, guard (see wake n.1)).The ox-wagon is a symbol of the Voortrekkers and was hence adopted by Afrikaner nationalists.
South African. Now historical.
With the. An Afrikaner nationalist organization, originally founded in 1938 as a cultural movement but in the 1940s becoming increasingly militant in its adherence to Nazism. Abbreviated OB.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > African politics > [noun] > South African politics > specific parties
remskoen party1898
S.A.P.1920
African National Congress1923
OB1940
Ossewa Brandwag1940
U.P.1943
ANC1952
1939 Forum (Johannesburg) 11 Feb. 3 Foundation of a body to be known as ‘Die Ossewa Brandwag’ was announced in Bloemfontein. The Movement aims at perpetuation of the ox-waggon spirit in South Africa.]
1940 J. C. Smuts in G. H. Galpin There are No S. Africans (1941) 303 Its organisers keep telling us that the Ossewa Brandwag is not a secret organisation, but..why is there so much talk about singling out traitors?
1969 J. M. White Land God made in Anger in Dict. S. Afr. Eng. (1978) 173/1 On the eve of the war, a party existed in South Africa which was dedicated to the Nazi cause and ideology. It came into existence in 1938, and called itself the Ossewa Brandwag—the Sentinels of the Ox-Wagon.
1979 Sunday Times (Johannesburg) 10 June 19 He became a general in the militant Ossewa-Brandwag at the age of 25.
1991 K. Maguire Politics in S. Afr. i. 14 A number of members of the Ossewa Brandweg..were interned during the 1939–45 war.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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