boat peoplen.

Brit.

/ˈbəʊt piːpl/, U.S.

/ˈboʊt ˌpip(ə)l/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: boat n.¹, people n.

Etymology: < boat n.¹ + people n. Compare later boat person n.With use with reference to the Tanka people, compare Chinese shuǐshàng rénjiā , lit. ‘people on the water’ and shuǐshàng jūmín , lit. ‘residents on the water’ (20th cent. or earlier). Compare Tanka n.¹

1. With plural agreement. A community of people who live solely or mainly on boats; esp. (a) any of a number of such peoples in southern and eastern China and South-East Asia, e.g. the Tanka; (b) the people who live (and typically work) on canal boats.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant by type of accommodation > [noun] > dweller(s) in boats

boat people1800

boat person1889

1800 M. Symes Acct. Embassy to Ava 275 I should willingly have conversed with the Cassay boat people respecting their nation, but my situation forbad me.

1836 J. F. Davis Chinese I. vii. 249 The Esquimaux..bear a very striking similarity to the Tân-kea, or ‘boat-people’, of the coast of China.

1875 Capital & Labour 14 July 372/1 Captain Colville..of the North Staffordshire Railway and Canal Company, gave evidence as to the canal business and the condition of the boat people.

1889 Academy 14 Dec. 385/3 The chief characters are taken from that neglected class—the boat people on the canals.

1923 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 53 291 This is intensified by the conservative habits of the boat people [of the Krishna and Godavari rivers], who pass most of their life in their boats.

1935 Nankai Social & Econ. Q. 8 250 The boat people of the Grand Canal between Tung Hsien of Hopei and Hangchow of Chekiang..have lived in boats for a considerable period, though not as long as the Tanka.

1993 S. Stewart Ramlin Rose v. 36 Banbury Fair were a ‘must’ with the boat people, even in wartime.

2003 G. C. S. Lin in L. J. C. Ma & C. Cartier Chinese Diaspora vi. 152 The Hoklo, which included the boat people (Tanka),..had significant representation in Kwun Tong, Kowloon City, and the northern part of Lamma Island.

2. Refugees who have left a country by sea, esp. the Vietnamese people who fled in small boats to Hong Kong, Australia, and elsewhere after the conquest of South Vietnam by North Vietnam in 1975.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > exile > [noun] > refugee or stateless person > specific > collectively

boat people1976

1976 Los Angeles Times 13 June i. 8/1 Then there are the Vietnamese ‘boat people’ in Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore..and probably elsewhere.

1980 Time 9 June 47 Some 55,000 Haitian ‘boat people’ have made the 800-mile crossing to Florida, most of them as illegal immigrants.

1986 Sydney Morning Herald 5 June 11/5 It was not possible to authenticate the boat people's stories, but members of the group spoke spontaneously and emotionally.

1995 Denver Post 28 Apr. a27/1 Mainstream electronic activism by overseas Vietnamese consists primarily of..raising money for ‘boat people’ refugees.

1998 Prospect Mar. 8/3 The French elite has been divided between hoping the Algerian government will survive and calculating what it will do if it falls. If it does fall, there might be boat people in the Mediterranean heading for Marseille.

2007 E. Danticat Brother, I'm Dying ii. xviii. 211 They were Haitian ‘boat people’ and in addition to their names identified themselves by the vessels on which they'd come.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	boat people
释义	boat peoplen. Brit. /ˈbəʊt piːpl/, U.S. /ˈboʊt ˌpip(ə)l/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: boat n.¹, people n. Etymology: < boat n.¹ + people n. Compare later boat person n.With use with reference to the Tanka people, compare Chinese shuǐshàng rénjiā , lit. ‘people on the water’ and shuǐshàng jūmín , lit. ‘residents on the water’ (20th cent. or earlier). Compare Tanka n.¹ 1. With plural agreement. A community of people who live solely or mainly on boats; esp. (a) any of a number of such peoples in southern and eastern China and South-East Asia, e.g. the Tanka; (b) the people who live (and typically work) on canal boats. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant by type of accommodation > [noun] > dweller(s) in boats boat people1800 boat person1889 1800 M. Symes Acct. Embassy to Ava 275 I should willingly have conversed with the Cassay boat people respecting their nation, but my situation forbad me. 1836 J. F. Davis Chinese I. vii. 249 The Esquimaux..bear a very striking similarity to the Tân-kea, or ‘boat-people’, of the coast of China. 1875 Capital & Labour 14 July 372/1 Captain Colville..of the North Staffordshire Railway and Canal Company, gave evidence as to the canal business and the condition of the boat people. 1889 Academy 14 Dec. 385/3 The chief characters are taken from that neglected class—the boat people on the canals. 1923 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 53 291 This is intensified by the conservative habits of the boat people [of the Krishna and Godavari rivers], who pass most of their life in their boats. 1935 Nankai Social & Econ. Q. 8 250 The boat people of the Grand Canal between Tung Hsien of Hopei and Hangchow of Chekiang..have lived in boats for a considerable period, though not as long as the Tanka. 1993 S. Stewart Ramlin Rose v. 36 Banbury Fair were a ‘must’ with the boat people, even in wartime. 2003 G. C. S. Lin in L. J. C. Ma & C. Cartier Chinese Diaspora vi. 152 The Hoklo, which included the boat people (Tanka),..had significant representation in Kwun Tong, Kowloon City, and the northern part of Lamma Island. 2. Refugees who have left a country by sea, esp. the Vietnamese people who fled in small boats to Hong Kong, Australia, and elsewhere after the conquest of South Vietnam by North Vietnam in 1975. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > exile > [noun] > refugee or stateless person > specific > collectively boat people1976 1976 Los Angeles Times 13 June i. 8/1 Then there are the Vietnamese ‘boat people’ in Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore..and probably elsewhere. 1980 Time 9 June 47 Some 55,000 Haitian ‘boat people’ have made the 800-mile crossing to Florida, most of them as illegal immigrants. 1986 Sydney Morning Herald 5 June 11/5 It was not possible to authenticate the boat people's stories, but members of the group spoke spontaneously and emotionally. 1995 Denver Post 28 Apr. a27/1 Mainstream electronic activism by overseas Vietnamese consists primarily of..raising money for ‘boat people’ refugees. 1998 Prospect Mar. 8/3 The French elite has been divided between hoping the Algerian government will survive and calculating what it will do if it falls. If it does fall, there might be boat people in the Mediterranean heading for Marseille. 2007 E. Danticat Brother, I'm Dying ii. xviii. 211 They were Haitian ‘boat people’ and in addition to their names identified themselves by the vessels on which they'd come. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1800
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