oubaasn.

Brit.

/ˈəʊbɑːs/, U.S.

/ˈoʊˌbɑs/, South African English

/ˈəʊbɑːs/

Forms: 1800s oû baas, 1800s oud baas, 1900s– ou baas, 1900s– oubaas. Also with capital initial.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Dutch. Partly a borrowing from Afrikaans. Etymons: Dutch oud baas; Afrikaans oubaas.

Etymology: Partly < South African Dutch oud baas, and partly < Afrikaans oubaas < Dutch oud old adj. (compare also ou adj.) + baas baas n. Compare later old baas n.

South African.

The elderly male owner of a home, farm, or business; the employer of servants or labourers; (more generally) an elderly white man. Frequently as a title of respect or deference, used alone or prefixed to a proper name, and as a form of address.

ΘΚΠ

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

the mind > language > naming > name or appellation > [noun] > name used to address elderly person

oubaas1824

ouma1904

oupa1915

society > authority > rule or government > rule or government of family or tribe > head of family, tribe, or clan > [noun] > head of family

tuft1631

oubaas1824

paterfamilias1850

house head1864

1824 W. J. Burchell Trav. Interior S. Afr. II. 95 She told me that Oud Baas had tied her up to one of the wheels of the waggon and flogged her for a long time.

1868 W. R. Thomson Poems, Ess. & Sketches 153 Oû Baas..rushed out and nearly dragged the young man from his horse in the vehemence of his welcome.

1914 L. H. Brinkman Breath of Karroo ii. 24 The master of the house is addressed as ‘Ou baas’ and a young man, ‘Klein baas’.

1931 F. C. Slater Secret Veld 44 He..indicated that I would find the ‘Ou Baas’ at the house... The ‘Ou Baas’..—as the phrase signifies—was a gentleman of venerable appearance.

1946 V. Pohl Land of Distant Horizons 50 They were so incredulous that the Hottentot exclaimed indignantly: ‘Oubaas, if I have never told the truth, I am telling it now’.

1952 E. H. Burrows Overberg Outspan vi. 161 These were the people who congregated on Sundays with the family to hear the oubaas read a chapter of the Bible.

1959 Cape Times 5 June 13/5 I..recognized him as oubaas De Greef.

1963 A. M. Louw 20 Days 18 The nasty oubaas on the next farm..sent other people's stray animals to the pound.

1973 Deb. Senate S. Afr. 17 May 2807 Old Koos..said: ‘Oubaas,..I don't know why you should start so late.’

1982 Sunday Times (Johannesburg) 30 May (Mag.) 1 Is this the right number for Oubaas Wilkinson, the veteran who fought in the Boer War?

1991 B. McKenzie tr. F. P. Van den Heever in Best of S. Afr. Short Stories 59 I pulled the old spider carriage out of the clump of reeds where our Oubaas had hidden it from the tommies.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	oubaas
释义	oubaasn. Brit. /ˈəʊbɑːs/, U.S. /ˈoʊˌbɑs/, South African English /ˈəʊbɑːs/ Forms: 1800s oû baas, 1800s oud baas, 1900s– ou baas, 1900s– oubaas. Also with capital initial. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Dutch. Partly a borrowing from Afrikaans. Etymons: Dutch oud baas; Afrikaans oubaas. Etymology: Partly < South African Dutch oud baas, and partly < Afrikaans oubaas < Dutch oud old adj. (compare also ou adj.) + baas baas n. Compare later old baas n. South African. The elderly male owner of a home, farm, or business; the employer of servants or labourers; (more generally) an elderly white man. Frequently as a title of respect or deference, used alone or prefixed to a proper name, and as a form of address. ΘΚΠ 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 the mind > language > naming > name or appellation > [noun] > name used to address elderly person oubaas1824 ouma1904 oupa1915 society > authority > rule or government > rule or government of family or tribe > head of family, tribe, or clan > [noun] > head of family tuft1631 oubaas1824 paterfamilias1850 house head1864 1824 W. J. Burchell Trav. Interior S. Afr. II. 95 She told me that Oud Baas had tied her up to one of the wheels of the waggon and flogged her for a long time. 1868 W. R. Thomson Poems, Ess. & Sketches 153 Oû Baas..rushed out and nearly dragged the young man from his horse in the vehemence of his welcome. 1914 L. H. Brinkman Breath of Karroo ii. 24 The master of the house is addressed as ‘Ou baas’ and a young man, ‘Klein baas’. 1931 F. C. Slater Secret Veld 44 He..indicated that I would find the ‘Ou Baas’ at the house... The ‘Ou Baas’..—as the phrase signifies—was a gentleman of venerable appearance. 1946 V. Pohl Land of Distant Horizons 50 They were so incredulous that the Hottentot exclaimed indignantly: ‘Oubaas, if I have never told the truth, I am telling it now’. 1952 E. H. Burrows Overberg Outspan vi. 161 These were the people who congregated on Sundays with the family to hear the oubaas read a chapter of the Bible. 1959 Cape Times 5 June 13/5 I..recognized him as oubaas De Greef. 1963 A. M. Louw 20 Days 18 The nasty oubaas on the next farm..sent other people's stray animals to the pound. 1973 Deb. Senate S. Afr. 17 May 2807 Old Koos..said: ‘Oubaas,..I don't know why you should start so late.’ 1982 Sunday Times (Johannesburg) 30 May (Mag.) 1 Is this the right number for Oubaas Wilkinson, the veteran who fought in the Boer War? 1991 B. McKenzie tr. F. P. Van den Heever in Best of S. Afr. Short Stories 59 I pulled the old spider carriage out of the clump of reeds where our Oubaas had hidden it from the tommies. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1824
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