English Explanatory Dictionary

bijwoner

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

bijwoner bijwoners bywoner

Etymology

From Afrikaans bijwoner.

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