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BACKVELD Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of BACKVELD is backcountry.
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BACKVELD definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
noun (in South Africa) a remote, sparsely populated, and often unsophisticated area Collins English Dictionary.
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backveld, n. meanings, etymology and more
What does the noun backveld mean? There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun backveld. See 'Meaning & use' for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.
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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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backveld - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
backveld (plural backvelds). (southern Africa) Backward and unsophisticated rural areas. 1952, Doris Lessing, Martha Quest , Panther, published 1974, ...
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backveld - DSAE - Dictionary of South African English
A. adjective Of or pertaining to (isolated) rural communities; hence, unsophisticated, rough. Often in the collocation backveld Boer derogatory, an ...
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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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BACKVELD - Definition in English - bab.la
Define 'BACKVELD'. See more meanings of 'BACKVELD' with examples.
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What is another word for backveld? - WordHippo
What is another word for backveld? Noun. Regions, districts and small settlements outside large urban areas. bush · backwoods · outback · hinterland.
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backveld - definition and meaning - Wordnik
noun South Africa Backward and unsophisticated rural areas . Etymologies. from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. back + veld ...
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definition of backveld by The Free Dictionary
backveld. (ˈbækˌvɛlt; ˈbækˌfɛlt). n. (in South Africa) a remote, sparsely populated, and often primitive area.
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backvelder - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From backveld + -er. Noun. edit. backvelder (plural backvelders). A native or inhabitant of the backveld.
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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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