Etymology

baasskap

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Today it means: Dominion, control, or supremacy, especially of white South Africans over nonwhite peoples. Full definition →

Afrikaans baasskap
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  1. Afrikaans · borrowed frombaasskap
  2. English todaybaasskap

Borrowed from Afrikaans baasskap, from baas (“boss”) + -skap (“hood”).

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