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单词 ring kop
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ring kopn.

Brit. /ˈrɪŋkɒp/, U.S. /ˈrɪŋˌkɑp/, South African English /ˈrɪŋkɒp/
Origin: A borrowing from Dutch. Etymon: Dutch ringkop.
Etymology: < South African Dutch ringkop (Afrikaans ringkop ) < Dutch ring ring n.1 + kop head (see kop n.).
South African.
An African tribesman or warrior entitled to wear a head-ring (see head n.1 Compounds 4).
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > married person > married man > [noun] > African tribesman
ring kop1835
1835 A. Smith Diary 27 July (1940) II. 131 The old ring-kop was speaking... This ring-kop was the person in charge of the party... None of the others had rings.
1910 J. Buchan Prester John viii. 149 In such a man one would have looked for a ring-kop, but instead he had a mass of hair..long and curled like some popular musician.
1935 Brit. S. Afr. Ann. 53 Our principal native warrior, an old ‘ring kop’, promptly took up his quarters in a friendly tree.
2003 P. van Wyk Burnham 237 They don't wear the marriage rings in their hair like the Ring Kops.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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