‖algemene handelaar, noun phrase

/ˌalxəmɪənə ˈhandəlɑː(r)/
Forms:
algemeene handelaar, algemene handelarenShow more Also algemeene handelaar, algemene handelaren, allegemene handelaar.
Origin:
AfrikaansShow more Afrikaans, algemene general + handelaar trader.
historical
general dealer sense 1. Also attributive.
1898 W.C. Scully Between Sun & Sand 26Above his head was a signboard bearing the legend: ‘Nathan Steinmetz, Allegemene Handelaar.’
1920 R.Y. Stormberg Mrs Pieter de Bruyn 20Two poor Scotch boys who work all hours of the day and night at that untidy old Produckten and Algemene Handelaren shop.
1937 C.R. Prance Tante Rebella’s Saga 122Has any novelist yet taken as her hero the pioneer-trader, the ‘General Dealer, Algemene Handelaar’?
1949 L.G. Green In Land of Afternoon 44Some of the stores down in the village have modern windows, others are the traditional Cape algemene handelaars.
1955 G. Aschman in Saron & Hotz Jews in S. Afr. 123Julius Ascher, another algemeene handelaar,..was also honorary secretary of the Oudtshoorn Turf Club.
1974 S. Afr. Panorama Apr.At one time the ‘algemene handelaar’ was as much a part of the South African countryside as the sunshine and the wide, open spaces.
1976 V. Rosenberg Sunflower 20The Jeppe counterpart of the ‘algemene handelaar’ that served the farmers’ needs in Potchefstroom was tailored to the specific needs of the suburban housewife.
general dealer sense 1. Also attributive.
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