white kaffirn.

Brit.

/ˌwʌɪt ˈkafə/, U.S.

/ˌ(h)waɪt ˈkæfər/

Forms: see white adj. and n. and Kaffir n. and adj.; also with capital initial(s).

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: white adj., Kaffir n.

Etymology: < white adj. + Kaffir n.Compare the following earlier quot., which shows Kaffir n. 1 and does not appear to show a fixed collocation:1826 H. Clapperton Jrnl. 21 Mar. in Jrnl. Second Exped. Interior Afr. (1829) iii. 80 I..shook hands with him [sc. the governor]; he kept his hand wrapped up in the sleeve of his tobe, for fear the touch of a white kaffir should kill him.

derogatory and offensive. Now in diminishing use.

1. A pale-skinned black African, spec. one affected by albinism.

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1829 Morning Chron. 21 Nov. 1/5 Our author sees a white Kaffer, and quizzing his father, the Chief, upon his wife's possible infidelity with some European, ‘He laughed it off, and asked if we had never seen a black cow have a white calf’.

1902 Geogr. Jrnl. 19 559 I have seen in South Africa what are known as ‘White Kaffirs’... They have normal eyes and black woolly hair..but they differ in having a skin as white as an Anglo-Saxon.

1966 L. G. Berger Where's Madam 164 He and his charwoman wife had between them bred three ‘white Kaffirs’—albino natives with white hair, pink eyes, white freckled skin, yet unmistakable native features.

1990 R. Malan My Traitor's Heart (1991) i. 50 ‘You're a white kaffir, aren't you, a white kaffir, hey?’ The albino was hurt and humiliated, but he put on a brave face.

a. In southern African contexts: a white person who has become assimilated into a black community or who is regarded by some as exhibiting characteristics of such a community. Cf. to go native at native adj. Phrases.

ΚΠ

1870 C. Hamilton Life & Sport in S.-E. Afr. 264 In my opinion the Dutch Boer is little else than a White Kaffir. They are a gossiping, petty-minded people.

1926 S. G. Millin S. Africans 209 [Men] became what people sometimes call in South Africa ‘white Kafirs’. They merged themselves with the natives, stayed for ever with the wives they had bought and with their African children.

1976 S. Cloete Chetoko 150 Trelawney's his name..and he's a white Kaffir... He's gone native.

1993 D. Spurr Rhetoric of Empire (1999) iv. 68 The Boer..is a kind of white Kaffir who, though existing nearly at the level of the black native, can be used as an instrument of subjection for the benefit of a more highly civilized white society.

b. South African. A white person regarded as being too friendly with or sympathetic to black people, or perceived to be working for their welfare; = Kaffirboetie n. Cf. white nigger n. 1c.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social attitudes > racial attitudes > [noun] > advocacy of black rights or interests > one who > white person

white Negro1790

white kaffir1955

1955 W. Illsley Wagon on Fire 88 If he appeared familiar and friendly with the Africans, the white people dubbed him a white kaffir, a destroyer of white prestige, and ostracized him from their social life.

1990 New Afr. 18 June 7 About 10 white rightwing men..yelled out ‘white kaffir’ to white members of the march.

2015 Congr. of South Afr. Trade Unions (Nexis) 15 Jan. We learned about a White worker who is suspended from work and branded a ‘white kaffir’ because of his refusal to discriminate against Black workers.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	white kaffir
释义	white kaffirn. Brit. /ˌwʌɪt ˈkafə/, U.S. /ˌ(h)waɪt ˈkæfər/ Forms: see white adj. and n. and Kaffir n. and adj.; also with capital initial(s). Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: white adj., Kaffir n. Etymology: < white adj. + Kaffir n.Compare the following earlier quot., which shows Kaffir n. 1 and does not appear to show a fixed collocation:1826 H. Clapperton Jrnl. 21 Mar. in Jrnl. Second Exped. Interior Afr. (1829) iii. 80 I..shook hands with him [sc. the governor]; he kept his hand wrapped up in the sleeve of his tobe, for fear the touch of a white kaffir should kill him. derogatory and offensive. Now in diminishing use. 1. A pale-skinned black African, spec. one affected by albinism. ΚΠ 1829 Morning Chron. 21 Nov. 1/5 Our author sees a white Kaffer, and quizzing his father, the Chief, upon his wife's possible infidelity with some European, ‘He laughed it off, and asked if we had never seen a black cow have a white calf’. 1902 Geogr. Jrnl. 19 559 I have seen in South Africa what are known as ‘White Kaffirs’... They have normal eyes and black woolly hair..but they differ in having a skin as white as an Anglo-Saxon. 1966 L. G. Berger Where's Madam 164 He and his charwoman wife had between them bred three ‘white Kaffirs’—albino natives with white hair, pink eyes, white freckled skin, yet unmistakable native features. 1990 R. Malan My Traitor's Heart (1991) i. 50 ‘You're a white kaffir, aren't you, a white kaffir, hey?’ The albino was hurt and humiliated, but he put on a brave face. 2. a. In southern African contexts: a white person who has become assimilated into a black community or who is regarded by some as exhibiting characteristics of such a community. Cf. to go native at native adj. Phrases. ΚΠ 1870 C. Hamilton Life & Sport in S.-E. Afr. 264 In my opinion the Dutch Boer is little else than a White Kaffir. They are a gossiping, petty-minded people. 1926 S. G. Millin S. Africans 209 [Men] became what people sometimes call in South Africa ‘white Kafirs’. They merged themselves with the natives, stayed for ever with the wives they had bought and with their African children. 1976 S. Cloete Chetoko 150 Trelawney's his name..and he's a white Kaffir... He's gone native. 1993 D. Spurr Rhetoric of Empire (1999) iv. 68 The Boer..is a kind of white Kaffir who, though existing nearly at the level of the black native, can be used as an instrument of subjection for the benefit of a more highly civilized white society. b. South African. A white person regarded as being too friendly with or sympathetic to black people, or perceived to be working for their welfare; = Kaffirboetie n. Cf. white nigger n. 1c. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social attitudes > racial attitudes > [noun] > advocacy of black rights or interests > one who > white person white Negro1790 white kaffir1955 1955 W. Illsley Wagon on Fire 88 If he appeared familiar and friendly with the Africans, the white people dubbed him a white kaffir, a destroyer of white prestige, and ostracized him from their social life. 1990 New Afr. 18 June 7 About 10 white rightwing men..yelled out ‘white kaffir’ to white members of the march. 2015 Congr. of South Afr. Trade Unions (Nexis) 15 Jan. We learned about a White worker who is suspended from work and branded a ‘white kaffir’ because of his refusal to discriminate against Black workers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1829
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