boat personn.

Brit.

/ˈbəʊt pəːsn/, U.S.

/ˈboʊt ˌpərs(ə)n/

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

Etymology: < boat n.¹ + person n. Compare earlier boat people n.

1. A person who works or lives on a boat (see boat people n. 1).rare before late 20th cent.

ΘΚΠ

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

boat people1800

boat person1889

1889 Rep. Comm. of Council on Educ. Eng. & Wales 1888–9 App. ii. 282 The four witnesses, who are of about the same age as the married persons, and are also boat persons.

1970 Anthropos 65 251 A boat person from Toisan speaks Toisanese,..while a boat person from Canton speaks a dialect only minutely different from standard Cantonese.

1995 D. Faure & H. F. Siu Down to Earth 114 According to Mr. Zhang Ya, vice president of the association and a boat person, they would leave the deity with the jiao organizing committee until the day of the procession.

2. A refugee who has left a country by sea (see boat people n. 2).

ΘΚΠ

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

palatine1708

palatinate1709

political refugee1798

reffo1941

war refugee1942

boat person1979

Marielito1980

1979 Alton (Illinois) Tel. 19 Feb. a4/5 As any boat person will tell you, it [sc. Seato] demonstrated the depth of our commitment to the independence of South Vietnam.

1988 Woman's Day (N.Y.) Jan. 34/3 Hao had been a ‘boat person’ whose parents had sent her out of Vietnam without them.

2011 N. T. Lieu Amer. Dream in Vietnamese i. 25 The disturbing image of the refugee, especially that of the ‘boat person’, threatens to reignite a powerful history of U.S. imperialist participation in the war in Vietnam.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	boat person
释义	boat personn. Brit. /ˈbəʊt pəːsn/, U.S. /ˈboʊt ˌpərs(ə)n/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: boat n.¹, person n. Etymology: < boat n.¹ + person n. Compare earlier boat people n. 1. A person who works or lives on a boat (see boat people n. 1).rare before late 20th cent. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant by type of accommodation > [noun] > dweller(s) in boats boat people1800 boat person1889 1889 Rep. Comm. of Council on Educ. Eng. & Wales 1888–9 App. ii. 282 The four witnesses, who are of about the same age as the married persons, and are also boat persons. 1970 Anthropos 65 251 A boat person from Toisan speaks Toisanese,..while a boat person from Canton speaks a dialect only minutely different from standard Cantonese. 1995 D. Faure & H. F. Siu Down to Earth 114 According to Mr. Zhang Ya, vice president of the association and a boat person, they would leave the deity with the jiao organizing committee until the day of the procession. 2. A refugee who has left a country by sea (see boat people n. 2). ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > exile > [noun] > refugee or stateless person > specific palatine1708 palatinate1709 political refugee1798 reffo1941 war refugee1942 boat person1979 Marielito1980 1979 Alton (Illinois) Tel. 19 Feb. a4/5 As any boat person will tell you, it [sc. Seato] demonstrated the depth of our commitment to the independence of South Vietnam. 1988 Woman's Day (N.Y.) Jan. 34/3 Hao had been a ‘boat person’ whose parents had sent her out of Vietnam without them. 2011 N. T. Lieu Amer. Dream in Vietnamese i. 25 The disturbing image of the refugee, especially that of the ‘boat person’, threatens to reignite a powerful history of U.S. imperialist participation in the war in Vietnam. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1889
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