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Randlord slang.|ˈrændlɔːd|
Also with lower-case initial.
[f. rand n.2 + lord n., after landlord n.]
The owner or manager of a gold-field on the Rand in South Africa.
1904Daily Chron. 21 Mar. 5/5 The Randlords' proposal really drives the British workman out of the Transvaal. Ibid. 14 May 4/7 Recent newspaper writers, in coining the word Randlords—have they not all done what they could to popularise a wrong pronunciation of Rand? 1936R. J. M. Goold-Adams S. Afr. To-day & To-morrow ii. 54 The black man may..die a premature death, but that—so the Rand-lords say—is not the fault of the mines in which he worked. 1938J. Cary Castle Corner v. 255 There's no religion any more—no honesty either—it's all money—these randlords, as they call 'em. 1955L. Hotz in Saron & Hotz Jews in S. Afr. xix. 357 Among the leading figures from Kimberley who quickly assumed a commanding position on the gold-fields, the so-called Randlords, were Barnato, the Joels, Alfred Beit, Albu, and Lionel Phillips. |