Zarp S. Africa. Now Hist.
(zɑːp)
[From the initials of Du. Zuid Afrikaansch Republikeinsch Politie South African Republican Police.]
An appellation for a member of the Boer police force in the pre-1902 South African Republic; a Boer constable. Hence Zarpine a., of or belonging to the ‘Zarps’.
| 1895 Standard & Diggers News (Johannesburg) 23 Nov. 21 The Zarp produces his latest capture. Jan, an Ethiop, is a vagrant who resisted Zarpine authority, and even attempted to test the Zarpine probity by the bribe of a six-pence. |