hand-uppern.

Brit.

/ˈhandʌpə/, U.S.

/ˈhændˌəpər/, South African English

/ˈhændʌpə/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; probably modelled on an Afrikaans lexical item. Etymons: hand n., up adv.¹, -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < hand n. + up adv.¹ + -er suffix¹, probably after Afrikaans hendsopper, (now usually) hensopper (see hands-upper n.). Compare hands-upper n., hands-up adj., hand-up n. 2, and later hensopper n. Compare also earlier hands up int. 2.

Originally and chiefly South African.

= hands-upper n.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > warrior > defeated or conquered > [noun] > one who surrenders

yielder1598

capitulator1611

capitulant1747

hands-upper1901

hand-upper1901

hand-up1902

hensopper1960

1901 Rev. of Reviews Sept. 265/1 No reliance whatever can be placed upon the statements on either side as to the numbers of recruits or of hand-uppers.

1940 J. C. Smuts in Times 31 July 3/1 A nation is never proud of its hand-uppers, its fence-sitters, its players for safety.

1993 R. H. Green in T. M. Callaghy & J. Ravenhill Hemmed In ii. 68 Premature surrenderers (‘hand uppers’) who give up their principles for only marginal influence on Bank practice.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	hand-upper
释义	hand-uppern. Brit. /ˈhandʌpə/, U.S. /ˈhændˌəpər/, South African English /ˈhændʌpə/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; probably modelled on an Afrikaans lexical item. Etymons: hand n., up adv.¹, -er suffix¹. Etymology: < hand n. + up adv.¹ + -er suffix¹, probably after Afrikaans hendsopper, (now usually) hensopper (see hands-upper n.). Compare hands-upper n., hands-up adj., hand-up n. 2, and later hensopper n. Compare also earlier hands up int. 2. Originally and chiefly South African. = hands-upper n. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > defeated or conquered > [noun] > one who surrenders yielder1598 capitulator1611 capitulant1747 hands-upper1901 hand-upper1901 hand-up1902 hensopper1960 1901 Rev. of Reviews Sept. 265/1 No reliance whatever can be placed upon the statements on either side as to the numbers of recruits or of hand-uppers. 1940 J. C. Smuts in Times 31 July 3/1 A nation is never proud of its hand-uppers, its fence-sitters, its players for safety. 1993 R. H. Green in T. M. Callaghy & J. Ravenhill Hemmed In ii. 68 Premature surrenderers (‘hand uppers’) who give up their principles for only marginal influence on Bank practice. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1901
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