aldeamenton.

Brit.

/ˌaldeɪəˈmɛntəʊ/, U.S.

/ˌælˌdeɪəˈmɛn(t)oʊ/

Inflections: Plural aldeamentos.

Forms:

α. 1800s aldeament.

β. 1800s– aldeamento, 1900s– aldeiamento.

Origin: A borrowing from Portuguese. Etymon: Portuguese aldeamento.

Etymology: < Portuguese aldeamento, aldeiamento (1820 or earlier in sense 1, 1942 or earlier in sense 2) < aldear to settle (people) in villages (a1697: < aldéa , aldeia village: see aldeia n.) + -mento -ment suffix. With the α. forms, which show omission of the Portuguese ending, compare German †Aldeament (1860 or earlier; < Portuguese).

1. In Portuguese Latin America: an early American Indian settlement established by Jesuit missionaries. Now historical.

ΚΠ

1870 C. F. Hartt Thayer Exped. App. 595 In the year 1817, out of these eight Aldeamentos one hundred and four individuals were converted to Christianity (of course only in name).

1898 H. Meyer in Ann. Rep. Board of Regents Smithsonian Inst. 1896 574 The Bororo [people], with their hostile indisposition..to settle in permanent aldeaments.

1949 C. Wagley & E. E. Galvāo Tenetehara Indians of Brazil i. 7 He found the aldeiamento at Itaquy almost abandoned. Only a few Indians were hiding near by in the forest.

1984 W. Dean in Revista de Historia (Brazil) 117 20 (title) Indigenous populations of the São Paulo-Rio de Janeiro coast: trade, aldeamento, slavery and extinction.

2003 F. V. Luna & H. S. Klein Slavery & Econ. São Paulo, 1750–1850 Notes. 218 In 1802 the aldeamentos were supposedly abolished, but the use of Indian forced labor continued..until the middle of the nineteenth century.

2. In the former Portuguese colonies of Africa: a resettlement area for black Africans.

ΚΠ

1969 Economist 25 Jan. 38/1 More than 800,000 people of Cabo Delgado and Niassa now live in aldeamentos.

1974 Daily News (Tanzania) 27 Sept. 2/1 The villages, like the aldeamentos set up by the colonialists in Mozambique, are designed to prevent the masses from supporting the freedom fighters.

1988 Oxf. Illustr. Encycl. IV. 126/1 A Portuguese resettlement programme (aldeamentos), and public and social works failed to satisfy the guerrillas.

2004 V. Igreja in J. Boyden & J. de Berry Children & Youth on Front Line (2005) ii. 25 The Aldeamentos were designed to keep the local population in compact groups to facilitate monitoring and control.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	aldeamento
释义	aldeamenton. Brit. /ˌaldeɪəˈmɛntəʊ/, U.S. /ˌælˌdeɪəˈmɛn(t)oʊ/ Inflections: Plural aldeamentos. Forms: α. 1800s aldeament. β. 1800s– aldeamento, 1900s– aldeiamento. Origin: A borrowing from Portuguese. Etymon: Portuguese aldeamento. Etymology: < Portuguese aldeamento, aldeiamento (1820 or earlier in sense 1, 1942 or earlier in sense 2) < aldear to settle (people) in villages (a1697: < aldéa , aldeia village: see aldeia n.) + -mento -ment suffix. With the α. forms, which show omission of the Portuguese ending, compare German †Aldeament (1860 or earlier; < Portuguese). 1. In Portuguese Latin America: an early American Indian settlement established by Jesuit missionaries. Now historical. ΚΠ 1870 C. F. Hartt Thayer Exped. App. 595 In the year 1817, out of these eight Aldeamentos one hundred and four individuals were converted to Christianity (of course only in name). 1898 H. Meyer in Ann. Rep. Board of Regents Smithsonian Inst. 1896 574 The Bororo [people], with their hostile indisposition..to settle in permanent aldeaments. 1949 C. Wagley & E. E. Galvāo Tenetehara Indians of Brazil i. 7 He found the aldeiamento at Itaquy almost abandoned. Only a few Indians were hiding near by in the forest. 1984 W. Dean in Revista de Historia (Brazil) 117 20 (title) Indigenous populations of the São Paulo-Rio de Janeiro coast: trade, aldeamento, slavery and extinction. 2003 F. V. Luna & H. S. Klein Slavery & Econ. São Paulo, 1750–1850 Notes. 218 In 1802 the aldeamentos were supposedly abolished, but the use of Indian forced labor continued..until the middle of the nineteenth century. 2. In the former Portuguese colonies of Africa: a resettlement area for black Africans. ΚΠ 1969 Economist 25 Jan. 38/1 More than 800,000 people of Cabo Delgado and Niassa now live in aldeamentos. 1974 Daily News (Tanzania) 27 Sept. 2/1 The villages, like the aldeamentos set up by the colonialists in Mozambique, are designed to prevent the masses from supporting the freedom fighters. 1988 Oxf. Illustr. Encycl. IV. 126/1 A Portuguese resettlement programme (aldeamentos), and public and social works failed to satisfy the guerrillas. 2004 V. Igreja in J. Boyden & J. de Berry Children & Youth on Front Line (2005) ii. 25 The Aldeamentos were designed to keep the local population in compact groups to facilitate monitoring and control. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1870
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