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bijwoner

bijwoner noun: 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.

Noun

bijwoner (plural bijwoners)

  1. (South Africa, historical) 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.

Forms of bijwoner

pluralbijwoners
alternative formbywoner

Origin of bijwoner

From Afrikaans bijwoner.

Questions about bijwoner

What does bijwoner mean?
Bijwoner means 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.
What part of speech is bijwoner?
Bijwoner is a noun.
What is the plural of bijwoner?
The plural of bijwoner is bijwoners.

Words near bijwoner in the dictionary

  1. bijuralism
  2. bijurality
  3. bijurally
  4. bijuridical
  5. bijus
  6. bijwoner
  7. bijwoners
  8. bikability
  9. bikable
  10. Bikal
  11. Bikaner

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