单词 | old baas |
释义 | old baasn. South African. Now widely considered offensive. = oubaas n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > employer > [noun] mastereOE employer1600 baas1625 governor1783 old baas1882 the world > people > person > old person > old man > [noun] old maneOE bevara1275 beauperec1300 vieillard1475 Nestor?c1510 old gentleman1526 haga1529 velyarda1529 old fellow?1555 old sire1557 granfer1564 vecchioc1570 ageman1571 grave-porer1582 grandsire1595 huddle-duddle1599 elder1600 pantaloon1602 cuffc1616 crone1630 old boya1637 codger?1738 dry-beard1749 eld1796 patriarch1819 oubaas1824 old chap1840 pap1844 pop1844 tad1877 old baas1882 senex1898 finger1904 AK1911 alte kacker1911 poppa stoppa1944 madala1960 Ntate1975 society > authority > rule or government > rule or government of family or tribe > head of family, tribe, or clan > [noun] > head of household houselordOE husbandOE lordOE goodmanc1275 husbandmanc1330 master1536 man of the house1539 housemaster1593 major-domo1649 house head1864 old baas1882 1882 C. Du Val With Show through Southern Afr. I. 63 ‘Lots of fruit in the orchard, and the old Baas says you can help yourselves,’ says Rogers the guard. 1899 B. Mitford Weird of Deadly Hollow 242 Old Baas Rendlesams will get the shower if there is one. 1912 H. R. Haggard Marie xviii. 263 I think the old baas is kransick and not safe. He looks like one who is going to harm someone. 1942 S. Cloete Hill of Doves (U.K. ed.) 37 Drive fast, indeed! They should have seen old Tanta Anna de Jong drive. You ask the Old Baas how she drove. Like Jehu. 1976 S. Cloete Chetoko 112 When the old Baas and I were young, the world was beautiful. 1994 Toronto Star (Nexis) 29 Apr. a27 So few of the blacks they interview express hatred for the old baas over whom they soon will have power. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1882 |
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