单词 | randlord |
释义 | Randlordn. South African. Now historical. A mining magnate or tycoon on the Rand in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. ΘΚΠ 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). < n.1904 |
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