topassn.

Brit.

/ˈtəʊpəs/, U.S.

/ˈtoʊpəs/, Indian English /ˈʈoːpəs/

Forms: Also 1600s–1700s topaz.

Etymology: < Portuguese topaz /toˈpas/, Lucena, 1600; said in Madras Manual of Administration, 1893, to be < tōpāshé , Malayalam form of Hindi dōbāshī , man of two languages, interpreter (in which capacity these men of mixed descent were employed): see dubash n. (A fancied derivation < Hindi tōpī hat, making the term = tōpī-wālā ‘hat-man’, European (see topi n.²) has been current since the middle of the 18th cent.)

East India.

A person of mixed black and Portuguese descent; often applied to a soldier, or a ship's scavenger or bath-attendant, who is of this class.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > ethnicities > division of mankind by physical characteristics > mixed race > [noun] > person white and Amerindian

mestizo1598

topass1680

half-breed1760

Paulist1772

bois brûlé1805

mameluco1809

metis1816

Paulista1817

mestino1842

ladino1877

redbone1890

mestizaje1943

cholo1959

society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by nationality > [noun] > of mixed black and Portuguese descent

topass1757

1648 Van Spielbergen's Voy. (Dutch) 34 (transl. in Yule) We saw to seaward another Champaigne (Sampan) wherein were 20 men, Mestiços and Toupas.]

1680 in J. T. Wheeler Madras (1861) I. 121 It is resolved and ordered to entertain about 100 Topasses or Black Portuguese into pay.

1727 A. Hamilton New Acct. E. Indies II. xlviii. 199 There are about two hundred Topasses, or Indian Portugueze settled and married in Cambodia.

1757 J. H. Grose Voy. E.-Indies xi. 259 Servants, mechanics, and soldiers..under the name of Topasses..did good service.

1759 Ann. Reg. 1758 283/2 A Topaz. [Note] A black Christian soldier; usually termed subjects of Portugal.

1766 J. H. Grose Voy. E.-Indies (ed. 2) I. Gloss. p. xiv Topasses, a tawney race of foot soldiers, descended from Portuguese marrying natives, and called Topasses; because they wear hats.

1865 Daily Tel. 24 Oct. 5/1 Thirty ‘topasses’ on board the deserted ship launched a boat and got to Port Canning as soon as the steamer.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online September 2022).

单词	topass
释义	topassn. Brit. /ˈtəʊpəs/, U.S. /ˈtoʊpəs/, Indian English /ˈʈoːpəs/ Forms: Also 1600s–1700s topaz. Etymology: < Portuguese topaz /toˈpas/, Lucena, 1600; said in Madras Manual of Administration, 1893, to be < tōpāshé , Malayalam form of Hindi dōbāshī , man of two languages, interpreter (in which capacity these men of mixed descent were employed): see dubash n. (A fancied derivation < Hindi tōpī hat, making the term = tōpī-wālā ‘hat-man’, European (see topi n.²) has been current since the middle of the 18th cent.) East India. A person of mixed black and Portuguese descent; often applied to a soldier, or a ship's scavenger or bath-attendant, who is of this class. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > division of mankind by physical characteristics > mixed race > [noun] > person white and Amerindian mestizo1598 topass1680 half-breed1760 Paulist1772 bois brûlé1805 mameluco1809 metis1816 Paulista1817 mestino1842 ladino1877 redbone1890 mestizaje1943 cholo1959 society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by nationality > [noun] > of mixed black and Portuguese descent topass1757 1648 Van Spielbergen's Voy. (Dutch) 34 (transl. in Yule) We saw to seaward another Champaigne (Sampan) wherein were 20 men, Mestiços and Toupas.] 1680 in J. T. Wheeler Madras (1861) I. 121 It is resolved and ordered to entertain about 100 Topasses or Black Portuguese into pay. 1727 A. Hamilton New Acct. E. Indies II. xlviii. 199 There are about two hundred Topasses, or Indian Portugueze settled and married in Cambodia. 1757 J. H. Grose Voy. E.-Indies xi. 259 Servants, mechanics, and soldiers..under the name of Topasses..did good service. 1759 Ann. Reg. 1758 283/2 A Topaz. [Note] A black Christian soldier; usually termed subjects of Portugal. 1766 J. H. Grose Voy. E.-Indies (ed. 2) I. Gloss. p. xiv Topasses, a tawney race of foot soldiers, descended from Portuguese marrying natives, and called Topasses; because they wear hats. 1865 Daily Tel. 24 Oct. 5/1 Thirty ‘topasses’ on board the deserted ship launched a boat and got to Port Canning as soon as the steamer. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online September 2022). < n.1680
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