| 单词 | remskoen party |
| 释义 | > as lemmasremskoen party 2. More fully remskoen party. A reactionary or obscurantist group or influence in politics, esp. in the Cape parliament before the unification of South Africa in 1910. Now historical and rare. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > African politics > [noun] > South African politics > specific parties remskoen party1898 S.A.P.1920 African National Congress1923 OB1940 Ossewa Brandwag1940 U.P.1943 ANC1952 1898 Cape Argus 2 Feb. 36 I am pleased to find that my frequent allusion to the backward element in the legislative Council as a riemschoen party has gone home. 1911 Eastern Province Herald (Port Elizabeth) 27 Oct. Those arguing against the Act were ‘sukkelars’, and formed a ‘remschoen’. 1912 E. London Daily Dispatch (S. Afr.) 2 May 5 Riemschoen Party.—The name applied a few years back to that party in Cape politics which appeared to be averse from progress; the word Riemschoen is applied in other directions with the same meaning, e.g. ‘Riemschoen Districts’. 1919 M. M. Steyn Diary 266 My vote has always been for progress, whereas the ‘remschoen’ party's vote was always for keeping the country back. 1974 L. Hotz in R. M. de Villiers Better than they Knew II. 41 He battled hard, often against vested interests and what he called ‘remskoens’, for the city's open spaces. < as lemmas |
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