| 释义 |
‖ kurveyor S. Africa.|kɜːˈveɪə(r)|
[Anglicized spelling of Du. karweier, f. karwei job:—MDu. corweie, ad. F. corvée, corvee.]
A travelling trader in S. Africa.
1885W. Greswell in Macm. Mag. Feb. 285/2 The kurveyor or carrier who drags the trade of the country about in his ponderous ox waggon with spans of 16 or 20 oxen. 1896Blackw. Mag. 645 It was a very paying thing for the individual ‘transport-rider’ or ‘Kurveyor’ to convey goods to and from Kimberley. |