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▪ I. San2|sɑːn|
Also Saan.
[Bushman, app. of Khoikhoi (Hottentot) origin: cf. Nama sā- to inhabit.]
a. The name used for themselves by the Bushmen of southern Africa (see Bushman 1); also attrib.
b. The principal language of the Bushmen.
1876Encycl. Brit. IV. 575/1 Bushmen..so named by the British and Dutch colonists of the Cape, but calling themselves Saab or Saan, are an aboriginal race of South Africa. 1878K. Johnston Africa xxiv. 440 The Bushmen or Saan are the nomads of the Kalahari. 1881[see Nama a.]. 1907Rep. Brit. Assoc. Adv. Sci. 1906 689 They are called Baroa by the Basuto, Abatwa by the Kafirs, San by themselves. 1930[see Khoikhoi]. 1944M. Oldevig Sunny Land v. 50, I had the rare good fortune to come upon a Saan Bushman, one of the few who still inhabit parts of the Namib desert. 1967D. S. Parlett Short Dict. Lang. 73 The Khoin or ‘Click’ languages..comprising to the south Bushman (San), to the north Hottentot (Nama) [etc.]. 1974J. Flint Cecil Rhodes i. 9 South Africa was the home of the San (the so-called Bushmen). 1977C. F. & F. M. Voegelin Classification & Index World's Lang. 201 South African Khoisan. Central... 36. San = Saan.
▪ II. San4|sæn|
Also san.
Colloq. abbreviation of sanatorium (esp. in sense 3).
1906R. Brooke Let. 1 Apr. (1968) 47, I started this disease..rather badly, and as the San. was full, we were put into a room in the house. 1914‘I. Hay’ Lighter Side School Life iii. 71 Broken neck, inflammation of the lungs, ringworm, and leprosy, old son... You are going to the San. 1936M. Kennedy Together & Apart iii. 174, I was in quarantine for mumps, so I stayed in our school San. all the holidays. 1945[see know v. 1 b]. 1976‘D. Fletcher’ Don't whistle ‘Macbeth’ 45, I sounded like some old-fashioned matron, soothing the felled captain of the First Eleven in the san. |