ouboet

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noun

An older brother or a male friend.

OriginAfrikaans ouboet →
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Meanings

nounouboet (plural ouboets)

plural ouboets

  1. South AfricaendearingAn older brother or a male friend.

    A boy who is an ouboet would not shirk responsibility, but being the younger, the baby […]

    2014, Zoe Wicomb, October: A Novel

Origin

  1. Afrikaansouboet
  2. Englishouboet

Borrowed from Afrikaans ouboet.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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