单词 | boertjie |
释义 | boertjien. South African. Used as a depreciative term for an Afrikaner. Also as a playful or affectionate mode of address. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Africa > native or inhabitant of Southern Africa > [noun] > Afrikaner Hollander1699 Afrikaner1820 Afrikander1822 Cape Dutch1826 trek Boer1835 Low Dutch1900 trek-farmer1912 Boer1956 boertjie1956 1956 Forum Apr. 3/2 It seems extraordinary that a set of professional teachers should openly wish to keep facts from their pupils, whether they be little Boertjies or not. 1971 in Dict. S. Afr. Eng. on Hist. Princ. (1996) (at cited word) [Informant, Grahamstown] I suppose he looks just like a ‘boeretjie’ now. 2001 A. Dangor Bitter Fruit (2004) viii. 103 Do you know who drove the police van that took Steve Biko from Port Elizabeth to Pretoria? Christ, some boertjie with a boertjie name. 2012 B. Lundt Burning Spear 246 Hallo Boertjie, I hope you had a good night sleep. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1956 |
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