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Rehoboth S. Afr.|ˈriːəbɒθ|
Also erron. Reheboth.
[a. Heb. rĕḥōbhōth wide places.]
A Biblical place-name (Gen. xxvi. 22), applied to a river, town, and district in Namibia (South West Africa), and used as the name of a people of mixed African and European descent. Also attrib. Hence ˈRehobother. So Rehoˈbothian n.
1875C. J. Andersson Notes of Trav. in S. Afr. vi. 88 The cattle, etc., might have been retaken had our friends, the Rehobothians, at once accompanied me in pursuit of the marauders. 1926S. G. Millin South Africans vii. 198 Today self-governing half-caste tribes like the Bondelswarts and the Reheboths still exist in South-West Africa to trouble the souls of their white neighbours. 1930C. G. Seligman Races of Africa ii. 34 The old Hottentot population of the Cape has become largely absorbed by racial admixture with incoming Europeans and East Indian slaves, and has thus constituted the basis of the present..‘Rehoboth’ half-breeds. 1935L. G. Green Great African Mysteries x. 125 The half-caste Rehoboths..set up nothing less than a civilised republic in a savage land. 1937Decisions High Court S.-W. Africa Jan. to Dec. 1936 59 Held, that in this Territory the term ‘Baster’ when it is ascribed to a person's race is well known to refer to the members of the Reheboth Bastard Community. 1960State of Union 1959–60 lxv. 430 The Rehobothers whose number is estimated at 8,900 are of mixed origin, having immigrated from the Cape. 1970Standard Encycl. Southern Afr. II. 191/2 The majority are..the descendants of early Basters and they insist on being called Rehoboth Basters, a term they reserve strictly to themselves. 1973Observer (Colour Suppl.) 2 Sept. 56/1 Hereros, Ovambos, Damaras, Kakaovelders, Bushmen and Rehobothers (until recently known as the Bastards). |