α. 1900s– Kaffirboetie, 1900s– Kafirboetie, 1900s– Kaffirboetjie (irregular).
β. 1900s– Kafferboetie, 1900s– Kaferboetie.
Also with lower-case initial.
单词 | kaffirboetie |
释义 | Kaffirboetien.α. 1900s– Kaffirboetie, 1900s– Kafirboetie, 1900s– Kaffirboetjie (irregular). β. 1900s– Kafferboetie, 1900s– Kaferboetie. Also with lower-case initial. South African (derogatory and offensive). Now in diminishing use. A white person considered overly friendly or sympathetic to black people, or perceived to be working for their welfare. Cf. white kaffir n. 2b, nigger-lover n. at nigger n. and adj. Compounds 2a(a). ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social attitudes > racial attitudes > [noun] > advocacy of black rights or interests > excessive liking for black people > one who negromaniac1851 nigger-worshipper1855 nigger-lover1856 Kaffirboetie1939 1939 R. F. A. Hoernlé S. Afr. Native Policy p. vii For a member of the White group to be concerned about the impact of white domination..is to earn for himself the title of ‘negrophilist’, kafir-boetie. 1947 A. Keppel-Jones When Smuts Goes ii. 20 The disgruntled factions of trade unionists and liberals, Indians and ‘Kafferboeties’, seemed very small fry. 1958 N. Gordimer World of Strangers v. 115 You must be Communist or Anti-Communist, Nationalist or Kaffirboetie. 1985 Frontline (Johannesburg) Sept. 27 A native will always come to your aid before a white man. I haven't got a soft spot for them. I mean I'm not a kaffirboetie or anything like that. 2000 G. Marinovich & J. Silva Bang-Bang Club (2001) xii. 173 Perhaps it was the way I walked, dressed, or some kind of psychic power that allowed them to pick up my antipathy, but they could smell that I was a Kaffirboetie. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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