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单词 randlord
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Randlordn.

Brit. /ˈran(d)lɔːd/, U.S. /ˈræn(d)ˌlɔrd/, South African English /ˈrændlɔːd/, /ˈræntlɔːd/
Forms: also with lower-case initial.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rand n.2, lord n.
Etymology: < rand n.2 + lord n., after landlord n.
South African. Now historical.
A mining magnate or tycoon on the Rand in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > miner > [noun] > one who mines metals > goldminer > owner of goldfield
Randlord1904
1904 Daily Chron. 21 Mar. 5/5 The Randlords' proposal really drives the British workman out of the Transvaal.
1904 Daily Chron. 14 May 4/7 Recent newspaper writers, in coining the word Randlords—have they not all done what they could to popularise a wrong pronunciation of Rand?
1936 R. J. M. Goold-Adams S. Afr. To-day & To-morrow ii. 54 The black man may..die a premature death, but that—so the Rand-lords say—is not the fault of the mines in which he worked.
1955 L. Hotz in G. Saron & L. Hotz Jews in S. Afr. xix. 357 The leading figures from Kimberley who quickly assumed a commanding position on the gold-fields, the so-called Randlords.
1986 R. Turrell in R. P. T. Davenport-Hines Speculators & Patriots 63 All the other Governors made the critical progression from diamond magnate to Randlord.
2006 Financial Times (Nexis) 18 Mar. 17 Sir Herbert Baker, a British architect retained by..many of The City of Gold's ‘randlords’ shortly after the turn of the last century.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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