单词 | broederbond |
释义 | Broederbondn. South African. A largely secret society (founded in 1918) promoting the interests of and restricted in membership to male, Protestant Afrikaners. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > secret society > [noun] > other secret societies camorra1865 the Mafia1866 Unione Siciliana1906 Black Hand1912 leopard society1915 Broederbond1935 Union Corse1963 'ndrangheta1978 1935 Times 8 Nov. 13/3 The Afrikaner Broederbond, originally a laudable society interested in Afrikaans culture..but now a secret society aiming for an independent Afrikaans form of government. 1945 Round Table No. 138. 184 General Smuts..proposed to declare the Broederbond a political organization and ban its members from the public service. 1958 Times 1 July 9/3 Professor du Plessis is reputed to be a high official of the Broederbond, the society which is said to make and break Afrikaner leaders. 1963 A. Delius Day Natal took Off 47 He fell back upon the stock bogey of opposition politics, the Afrikaner Broederbond. 1986 Christian Sci. Monitor 28 Oct. 1/1 Recent splits in apartheid's other founding bodies—the ruling National Party and the semisecret cultural organization known as the Afrikaner Broederbond—suggest the change will be halting. Draft additions January 2018 Broederbonder n. a member of the Broederbond. ΚΠ 1938 A. Coetzee Opkoms Afrikaanse Kultuurgedagte aan Rand, 1886–1936 viii. 289 If you write a Broederbonder a letter or any other document in English he affixes a notice thereto that he refuses to receive anything written in English. 1960 Life 11 Apr. 37/1 Broederbonders include an astonishing percentage of teachers and Dutch Reformed ministers, almost certainly a majority of the present cabinet, and most particularly Dr. Verwoerd, who became prime minister 18 months ago. 1990 R. Malan My Traitor's Heart 27 Broederbonders, members of the Brotherhood, the secret society of Calvinists and apartheid zealots that constituted the spine of the Afrikaner power structure. 2008 T. Leon On Contrary xi. 419 In 1992 he had been unmasked as a Broederbonder, at the time a semi-secret and influential lynchpin of the Afrikaner establishment. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1935 |
随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。