mampoer

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noun

Strong home-distilled peach or fruit liquor.

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Meanings

nounmampoer (plural mampoer or mampoers)

plural mampoers

  1. South AfricaStrong home-distilled peach or fruit liquor.
    1 more example

    "The Americans call it 'moonshine', to the warm-blooded Irish it is 'Poteen' and the Swiss call it 'Kirsch'. In South Africa, it is 'Witblits' in the Cape and to Transvalers it is just 'Mampoer'. Mampoer and the variety of names given to it are the names of strong, homemade distilled brandy made from fruit." https://web.archive.org/web/20060517051232/http://www.encounter.co.za/article/179.html - 15k

Origin

Borrowed from Afrikaans, from Mampuru, the name of a Pedi chief.

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Translations

Afrikaans mampoer
  • mampoermampoer
Russian самого́н
  • самого́н (samogón)mampoer
Cite this entry
APA

mampoer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mampoer

MLA

“mampoer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mampoer. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mampoer,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mampoer.

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