OFS, noun

/əʊ ef ˈes/
Forms:
Also O.F.S.
Origin:
Initial letters of Orange Free State.
Free State noun phrase. Also attributive.
1881 G.F. Austen Diary (1981) 58Escort to be provided by Boers to see troops safely to Cronstad OFS.
1914 Farmer’s Annual 20The Hackney. What Breeders should aim at: Faults to be avoided. By an O.F.S. Stud Groom.
c1936 S. & E. Afr. Yr Bk & Guide 75On March 17th, 1897, the defensive alliance existing between the O.F.S. and the Transvaal was confirmed at Bloemfontein.
1958 R.E. Van der Ross in Hattingh & Bredekamp Coloured Viewpoint (1984) 18In Bloemfontein, OFS, there appeared to be only one area set aside for Coloured occupation.
1963 L.F. Freed Crime in S. Afr. 23The crime rate was invariably highest in the Transvaal followed by Natal, the O.F.S. and the Cape, in that order.
1989 [see Conquered Territory].
Free State noun phrase. Also attributive.
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