bijwoner

English

noun
Definitions
  • (South Africa) A member of a class of poor white people who were permitted to inhabit shanties on the property of well-to-do Boers in return for semifeudal payments.

Etymology

Borrowed from Afrikaans bijwoner.

Origin

Afrikaans

bijwoner

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