‖blanke, noun

/ˈblaŋkə/
Forms:
Also with initial capital.
Origin:
Afrikaans.
A White person; often joking or ironic, making fun of official terminology. Also attributive. Cf. nie-blanke. See also Blankes Alleen, Slegs vir Blankes.
1949 M. Fortes in Hansard 24 May 6451There is perhaps an agreed dictionary definition of the word ‘European’ and the word ‘Blanke’.
1966 L.G. Berger Where’s Madam 113The courtroom was a bare brick structure with..the body of the court divided by a high brick partition running along its length to divide the Blankes from the Nie-Blanke spectators.
[1968 Cole & Flaherty House of Bondage 150The Dutch Reformed Church maintains separate churches for the different races. But they are not alone. Net Vir Blankes is figuratively written on many a South African church door, not all of them Boer.]
1971 Daily Dispatch 5 May 10 (cartoon)Patrons accompanied by blankes must ensure that the latter have reference books duly stamped by the proper authority.
1972 Sunday Times 1 Oct. 2The most significant fact of this policy..was that it meant the acceptance by the party of the principle of sharing power — ‘not Blanke baas-skap, not Black supremacy, but a sharing of power and a safe-guarding of rights.’
1981 Rhodeo (Rhodes Univ.) MayThe prevalent cross-calvinistic-pseudo-patriotic attitude divides our nation into whites/blankes/coloureds/blacks/Indians/english/afrikaners/etc/etc/etc.
1988 [see nie-blanke].
A White person; often joking or ironic, making fun of official terminology. Also attributive.
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bladdy, adjectiveadj. & adverbadv.Blankes Alleen, noun phrasen. phr.
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