bushan.

Brit.

/ˈbʊʃə/, U.S.

/ˈbʊʃə/, Caribbean English /ˈbʊʃa/, /ˈbʊʃʌ/

Forms:

α. 1700s obisha, 1800s obusha.

β. 1800s bersheer, 1800s bisha, 1800s busher, 1800s– busha.

Also with capital initial.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: overseer n.

Etymology: Originally (in α. forms) reflecting a regional pronunciation of overseer n.; in β. forms aphetic < α. forms. Compare Gullah obersheer (1888).In the α. forms, a shift of stress (from first to second syllable) must have occurred in order to create the conditions for the subsequent loss of the (now) unstressed first syllable by aphesis (see β. forms).

Now chiefly historical.

In the Caribbean: the manager or overseer of a plantation or estate. Frequently as a title or form of address. Cf. overseer n. 1a(a).In early use, in representations of the speech of black people, chiefly in Jamaican contexts.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > delegated authority > one having delegated or derived authority > [noun] > steward or bailiff in charge of another's property > in Jamaica

busha1790

1790 J. B. Moreton Manners & Customs West India Islands 149 Hecta nebba will make puncheon for you, Obisha.

1808 Monthly Mag. Oct. 245/2 To play, with Busha, at backgammon.

1850 ‘B. Premium’ Eight Years in Brit. Guiana 36 ‘Hey! obusha!’ said the negro, looking impudently in his face, ‘you tink tha' work no straining.’

1924 M. W. Beckwith Jamaica Anansi Stories 85 When de Busha come home midnight, she give him de dinner.

1987 G. Brown in Obsidian II Summer 57 Me fahda always step aside because he feared the Busha.

2008 F. W. Hickling in F. W. Hickling et al. Perspectives Caribbean Psychol. ii. 33 The eldest son of a rigid, autocratic alcoholic ‘busha’ and a self-effacing passive, controlling mother, [he] started his own drinking career at the age of 16.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	busha
释义	bushan. Brit. /ˈbʊʃə/, U.S. /ˈbʊʃə/, Caribbean English /ˈbʊʃa/, /ˈbʊʃʌ/ Forms: α. 1700s obisha, 1800s obusha. β. 1800s bersheer, 1800s bisha, 1800s busher, 1800s– busha. Also with capital initial. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: overseer n. Etymology: Originally (in α. forms) reflecting a regional pronunciation of overseer n.; in β. forms aphetic < α. forms. Compare Gullah obersheer (1888).In the α. forms, a shift of stress (from first to second syllable) must have occurred in order to create the conditions for the subsequent loss of the (now) unstressed first syllable by aphesis (see β. forms). Now chiefly historical. In the Caribbean: the manager or overseer of a plantation or estate. Frequently as a title or form of address. Cf. overseer n. 1a(a).In early use, in representations of the speech of black people, chiefly in Jamaican contexts. ΘΚΠ society > authority > delegated authority > one having delegated or derived authority > [noun] > steward or bailiff in charge of another's property > in Jamaica busha1790 1790 J. B. Moreton Manners & Customs West India Islands 149 Hecta nebba will make puncheon for you, Obisha. 1808 Monthly Mag. Oct. 245/2 To play, with Busha, at backgammon. 1850 ‘B. Premium’ Eight Years in Brit. Guiana 36 ‘Hey! obusha!’ said the negro, looking impudently in his face, ‘you tink tha' work no straining.’ 1924 M. W. Beckwith Jamaica Anansi Stories 85 When de Busha come home midnight, she give him de dinner. 1987 G. Brown in Obsidian II Summer 57 Me fahda always step aside because he feared the Busha. 2008 F. W. Hickling in F. W. Hickling et al. Perspectives Caribbean Psychol. ii. 33 The eldest son of a rigid, autocratic alcoholic ‘busha’ and a self-effacing passive, controlling mother, [he] started his own drinking career at the age of 16. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1790
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