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backveld
ˈbackveld Also backveldt. [back- A. 4, veldt, veld.] In S. Africa, the primitive or unprogressive rural districts lying away from the towns. Also attrib. Hence ˈbackvelder, a dweller in the backveld.1905 Spectator 7 Jan. 5/1 We do not see why the low European or the back-veld Dutchman should be give...
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Minna Fischer
A Bard in the Backveld : Verse and Worse (1943); The Curious Continent and Other Stories (1941).
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dorp
dorp [a. Du. dorp = OE. þorp, Ger. dorf village. Cf. thorp.] A (Dutch) village; formerly more or less naturalized in sense: Village, thorp. In South Africa, a small town.1570–6 Lambarde Peramb. Kent (1826) 377 By Thorpe, or Dorpe, [is meant by the Saxons] a village, yet used in the lower Germaine. 1...
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Paul Kruger
The impression of Kruger garnered by the British envoys in Pretoria during early 1877 was one of an unspeakably vulgar, bigoted backveld peasant.
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ox
ox (ɒks) Forms: 1 oxa, 2–7 oxe, 4, 7– ox, (5 hox, 6 oxce), 7– (north. and Sc.) owce, owse. pl. 1 oxan, (œxen, exen), 2– oxen, (3 ocsen, oxene, 4–6 -in, -yn, -yne, 5 -one, exin, exon, 6 oxeson), north. and Sc. 6 oussin, 7– owsen, owssen, ousen. β. 4–6 oxes, (4 -is, 5 -ys). [Com. Teut.: OE. oxa wk. ma...
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backveld in Chinese - backveld meaning in Chinese - ichacha.net
backveld in Chinese : 乡村地区…. click for more detailed Chinese translation, meaning, pronunciation and example sentences.
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