British Asianadj.n.

Brit.

/ˌbrɪtɪʃ ˈeɪʃ(ə)n/,

/ˌbrɪtɪʃ ˈeɪʒ(ə)n/, U.S.

/ˌbrɪdɪʃ ˈeɪʒ(ə)n/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: British adj., Asian adj.

Etymology: < British adj. + Asian adj.

A. adj.

1. Designating a person of South Asian origin or descent who holds a British passport (or the right to one) and is (or was) a resident of a former British colony in East Africa; of or relating to such people collectively.In quots. in the context of these people facing expulsion from East Africa in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Now historical.

ΚΠ

1966 Times 24 Aug. 9/2 The recent deportations of British Asian citizens from Kenya foreshadow more pressure.

1974 Internat. & Compar. Law Q. 23 411 Given the British allocation of special vouchers to its Asian citizens in Uganda, the whole British Asian community could have been evacuated in ten years' time.

1998 S. Saggar Race & Brit. Electroral Politics ii. 39 The Heath administration's..decision to allow the entry of significant numbers of expelled British Asian refugees from Uganda in 1972 stands out especially.

2. Of or relating to British people of South Asian origin or descent; designating such a person.

ΚΠ

1981 Times 24 July (Preview section) p.x/6 Tara Arts Group, a British Asian theatre company, is performing England, Your England by Jatinder Verma.

1988 S. Rushdie Satanic Verses vii. i. 415 And now a pretty young British Asian woman..was launching into Bob Dylan's song, I Pity the Poor Immigrant.

2001 Independent 8 May ii. 4/7 I am British Asian and internationalist.

2005 T. Hall Salaam Brick Lane v. 109 She placed an advertisement in the classified section of a British Asian newspaper.

B. n.

1. A person of South Asian origin or descent who holds a British passport (or the right to one) and is (or was) a resident of a former British colony in East Africa. See sense A. 1. Now historical.

ΚΠ

1968 Times 27 Feb. 9/3 These factors..make this an unpropitious time for large numbers of British Asians to move into Britain.

1976 Economist 22 May 52/1 Since President Amin threw out of Uganda some 30,000 Asians holding British passports in 1972, all British Asians in East Africa have lived with the fear that they could suffer the same fate.

2000 R. Hansen Citizenship & Immigration in Post-war Brit. vii. 156 In 1968, the sharpest debate about the government's obligations to British Asians in Kenya occurred..between two members of the Conservative Shadow Cabinet.

2. A British person of South Asian origin or descent.

ΚΠ

1979 Times 30 Nov. 1/6 Labour MPs are expected to charge that the change would discriminate further against British Asians and other coloured Britons.

1982 R. Littlewood & M. Lipsedge Aliens & Alienists Pref. 9 British Asians have perhaps fewer questions of identity..than do the Afro-British.

1993 A. Bonnett Radicalism, Anti-racism & Representation i. 25 Such images of the industrious and successful British Asian have resulted in their partial entry into the realm of the ‘spoken for’.

2004 Asiana Autumn 126/1 It had to be a show for a British Asians.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	british asian
释义	British Asianadj.n. Brit. /ˌbrɪtɪʃ ˈeɪʃ(ə)n/, /ˌbrɪtɪʃ ˈeɪʒ(ə)n/, U.S. /ˌbrɪdɪʃ ˈeɪʒ(ə)n/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: British adj., Asian adj. Etymology: < British adj. + Asian adj. A. adj. 1. Designating a person of South Asian origin or descent who holds a British passport (or the right to one) and is (or was) a resident of a former British colony in East Africa; of or relating to such people collectively.In quots. in the context of these people facing expulsion from East Africa in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Now historical. ΚΠ 1966 Times 24 Aug. 9/2 The recent deportations of British Asian citizens from Kenya foreshadow more pressure. 1974 Internat. & Compar. Law Q. 23 411 Given the British allocation of special vouchers to its Asian citizens in Uganda, the whole British Asian community could have been evacuated in ten years' time. 1998 S. Saggar Race & Brit. Electroral Politics ii. 39 The Heath administration's..decision to allow the entry of significant numbers of expelled British Asian refugees from Uganda in 1972 stands out especially. 2. Of or relating to British people of South Asian origin or descent; designating such a person. ΚΠ 1981 Times 24 July (Preview section) p.x/6 Tara Arts Group, a British Asian theatre company, is performing England, Your England by Jatinder Verma. 1988 S. Rushdie Satanic Verses vii. i. 415 And now a pretty young British Asian woman..was launching into Bob Dylan's song, I Pity the Poor Immigrant. 2001 Independent 8 May ii. 4/7 I am British Asian and internationalist. 2005 T. Hall Salaam Brick Lane v. 109 She placed an advertisement in the classified section of a British Asian newspaper. B. n. 1. A person of South Asian origin or descent who holds a British passport (or the right to one) and is (or was) a resident of a former British colony in East Africa. See sense A. 1. Now historical. ΚΠ 1968 Times 27 Feb. 9/3 These factors..make this an unpropitious time for large numbers of British Asians to move into Britain. 1976 Economist 22 May 52/1 Since President Amin threw out of Uganda some 30,000 Asians holding British passports in 1972, all British Asians in East Africa have lived with the fear that they could suffer the same fate. 2000 R. Hansen Citizenship & Immigration in Post-war Brit. vii. 156 In 1968, the sharpest debate about the government's obligations to British Asians in Kenya occurred..between two members of the Conservative Shadow Cabinet. 2. A British person of South Asian origin or descent. ΚΠ 1979 Times 30 Nov. 1/6 Labour MPs are expected to charge that the change would discriminate further against British Asians and other coloured Britons. 1982 R. Littlewood & M. Lipsedge Aliens & Alienists Pref. 9 British Asians have perhaps fewer questions of identity..than do the Afro-British. 1993 A. Bonnett Radicalism, Anti-racism & Representation i. 25 Such images of the industrious and successful British Asian have resulted in their partial entry into the realm of the ‘spoken for’. 2004 Asiana Autumn 126/1 It had to be a show for a British Asians. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.n.1966
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