Etymology

bijwoner

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Today it 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. Full definition →

Afrikaans bijwoner
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  1. Afrikaans · borrowed frombijwoner
  2. English todaybijwoner

From Afrikaans bijwoner.

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