vrouwvrown.

/vraʊ/

Forms: Also 1600s vroa, 1900s vrou.

Etymology: Dutch and Flemish vrouw (compare frow n.) = German frau woman, wife, frau n.

A (Dutch) woman, matron, goodwife. spec. in South Africa.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Africa > native or inhabitant of Southern Africa > [noun] > Afrikaner > woman

vrouwa1640

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > married person > married woman > [noun] > Dutch or German

frow1587

vrouwa1640

frau1809

α.

a1640 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Sir John van Olden Barnavelt (1980) iv. iv Ten hunderd towsand blessings to him and thee, my vroa.

a1699 in C. Mackay Coll. Songs London Prentices (1841) 34 The Dutchman will go to the sign of the Vrow, Where each man may drink his flagon.

1701 C. Wooley Two Years Jrnl. N.-Y. 81 They seized each other's hair with their forefeet, and down they went to the Sod, their Vrows and Families crying out because they could not part them.

1798 A. Barnard Jrnl. 21 May in A. W. C. Lindsay Lives of Lindsays (1849) III. 455 We were received by the vrow, the mistress of the house—O house, unworthy such a mistress!

1824 J. Paterson in Harp Renfrew. (1873) 2nd Ser. 108 Till the riflemen.. raised a din..Which nearly deprived the fair vrows of their breath.

1884 Contemp. Rev. Oct. 552 The drinking boors of Teniers or the Dutch vrows of Mieris.

β. 1791 E. Nairne Poems 129 And Roman dishes, made at Delf, To ornament an old vrouw's shelf.1827 T. Philipps Scenes in Albany i. 12 Distance to them is no consideration; the boor put his vrouw..into the waggon,..and sets off to travel five hundred miles, with as much ease as we should ten in England.1829 C. Rose Four Years S. Afr. 49 There is the farmer's tall powerful form, his vrouw—in general by no means a tempting lady.1838 W. C. Harris Narr. Exped. S. Afr. 14 His doating young vrouw received him with overflowing eyes and open arms.1887 H. R. Haggard Jess ii. 17 The Boer and his vrouw treated the children fairly well.1946 Cape Times 16 Nov. (Week-end Mag.) 27 Yesterday your vrou brought to my store a cupboard that she would sell.1972 A. A. Telford Yesterday's Dress 79 The ‘vrouw’ is wearing the thick quilted cap.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1920; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	vrouw
释义	vrouwvrown. /vraʊ/ Forms: Also 1600s vroa, 1900s vrou. Etymology: Dutch and Flemish vrouw (compare frow n.) = German frau woman, wife, frau n. A (Dutch) woman, matron, goodwife. spec. in South Africa. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Africa > native or inhabitant of Southern Africa > [noun] > Afrikaner > woman vrouwa1640 society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > married person > married woman > [noun] > Dutch or German frow1587 vrouwa1640 frau1809 α. a1640 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Sir John van Olden Barnavelt (1980) iv. iv Ten hunderd towsand blessings to him and thee, my vroa. a1699 in C. Mackay Coll. Songs London Prentices (1841) 34 The Dutchman will go to the sign of the Vrow, Where each man may drink his flagon. 1701 C. Wooley Two Years Jrnl. N.-Y. 81 They seized each other's hair with their forefeet, and down they went to the Sod, their Vrows and Families crying out because they could not part them. 1798 A. Barnard Jrnl. 21 May in A. W. C. Lindsay Lives of Lindsays (1849) III. 455 We were received by the vrow, the mistress of the house—O house, unworthy such a mistress! 1824 J. Paterson in Harp Renfrew. (1873) 2nd Ser. 108 Till the riflemen.. raised a din..Which nearly deprived the fair vrows of their breath. 1884 Contemp. Rev. Oct. 552 The drinking boors of Teniers or the Dutch vrows of Mieris. β. 1791 E. Nairne Poems 129 And Roman dishes, made at Delf, To ornament an old vrouw's shelf.1827 T. Philipps Scenes in Albany i. 12 Distance to them is no consideration; the boor put his vrouw..into the waggon,..and sets off to travel five hundred miles, with as much ease as we should ten in England.1829 C. Rose Four Years S. Afr. 49 There is the farmer's tall powerful form, his vrouw—in general by no means a tempting lady.1838 W. C. Harris Narr. Exped. S. Afr. 14 His doating young vrouw received him with overflowing eyes and open arms.1887 H. R. Haggard Jess ii. 17 The Boer and his vrouw treated the children fairly well.1946 Cape Times 16 Nov. (Week-end Mag.) 27 Yesterday your vrou brought to my store a cupboard that she would sell.1972 A. A. Telford Yesterday's Dress 79 The ‘vrouw’ is wearing the thick quilted cap. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1920; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.a1640
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