hands-uppern.

Brit.

/han(d)zˈʌpə/, U.S.

/ˌhæn(d)zˈəpər/, South African English

/hæn(d)zˈʌpə/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on an Afrikaans lexical item. Etymons: hands-up v., -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < hands-up v. + -er suffix¹. Compare hand-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. Now historical.

A person who surrenders or who gives up on something; spec. (derogatory) a Boer who surrendered to the British during the Boer War (1899–1902).

ΘΚΠ

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

yielder1598

capitulator1611

capitulant1747

hands-upper1901

hand-upper1901

hand-up1902

hensopper1960

1901 Contemp. Rev. Mar. 327 A small patrol..went..to the farm of a ‘hands upper’, i.e., one who had surrendered his arms.

1905 Rev. of Reviews Jan. 101/1 Is it the best thing to accept defeat as inevitable unless our bootmakers can shelter the home market by a Protective tariff? To admit this is to be hands-uppers indeed.

1928 Observer 17 June 7/3 Those faint-hearted ones who are ‘hands-uppers’ in regard to aviation.

1963 A. Keppel-Jones S. Afr. 138 Others who surrendered—‘hands-uppers’—thought the continued resistance madness.

2000 R. B. Beck Hist. S. Afr. vi. 94 About 1800 hands-uppers joined the British forces as Volunteers and National Scouts.

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

单词	hands-upper
释义	hands-uppern. Brit. /han(d)zˈʌpə/, U.S. /ˌhæn(d)zˈəpər/, South African English /hæn(d)zˈʌpə/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on an Afrikaans lexical item. Etymons: hands-up v., -er suffix¹. Etymology: < hands-up v. + -er suffix¹. Compare hand-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. Now historical. A person who surrenders or who gives up on something; spec. (derogatory) a Boer who surrendered to the British during the Boer War (1899–1902). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > defeated or conquered > [noun] > one who surrenders yielder1598 capitulator1611 capitulant1747 hands-upper1901 hand-upper1901 hand-up1902 hensopper1960 1901 Contemp. Rev. Mar. 327 A small patrol..went..to the farm of a ‘hands upper’, i.e., one who had surrendered his arms. 1905 Rev. of Reviews Jan. 101/1 Is it the best thing to accept defeat as inevitable unless our bootmakers can shelter the home market by a Protective tariff? To admit this is to be hands-uppers indeed. 1928 Observer 17 June 7/3 Those faint-hearted ones who are ‘hands-uppers’ in regard to aviation. 1963 A. Keppel-Jones S. Afr. 138 Others who surrendered—‘hands-uppers’—thought the continued resistance madness. 2000 R. B. Beck Hist. S. Afr. vi. 94 About 1800 hands-uppers joined the British forces as Volunteers and National Scouts. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1901
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