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baas - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A white person in a position of authority in relation to nonwhites, as an employer or owner of a business.
- noun Used as a form of address for such a person.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Plural form of
baa . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
baa . - noun South Africa An
employer , aboss . Frequently as a form of address.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun South African term for `boss'
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Afrikaans, from Dutch, master; see boss.]
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Inflected forms.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
From Dutch baas.
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Examples
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The word boss comes from the Dutch word baas which literally means master.
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The word "boss" is derived from the Dutch baas, meaning
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The pamphlet said "the baboon is in office" and the "baas" (former provincial commissioner Chris Serfontein) had left.
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The rest of the song has Mafokate pleading, tongue in cheek with the white "baas" (overlord) not to call him "kaffir" while the
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Some told stories of being asked to address young white police officers as "baas" (Afrikaans for ` boss ').
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Farmers 'insistence on being addressed as "baas" or "missus" was not conciliatory.
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He recalls, as typical suffering of his generation, the task of delivering a letter from his white "baas" (master) to another nearby white farmer.
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Mr Phosa said the "baas" mentality of the past no longer existed, and that if anyone called another a "kaffir", the aggrieved party should take the matter to court.
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Party, Mr Qunta said it showed the critical role that needed to be played by Azapo in urging blacks to be self-reliant and not regard the white man as the "baas" of the old days.
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He insults every black police man and woman in this country by insinuating that they will not be able to do their work without the supervision of the white "baas".
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