bloedsap, noun
- Forms:
- Also bloed SAP, and with initial capital.
- Plurals:
- bloedsappe /ˈblʊtsapə/.
- Origin:
- AfrikaansShow more Afrikaans, bloed blood + sap a member or supporter of the United Party; see also quotation 1983.
An ultra-conservative, dyed-in-the-wool member or supporter of the former United Party (see UP); a supporter of the politics of Jan Smuts and Louis Botha; an Afrikaner supporting a predominantly English-speaking political party and not the National Party. Also attributive. See also SAP noun1 sense 2 b. Cf. bloednat (see Nat noun sense b).
1971 Sunday Times 27 June 6The United Party..cannot take any heart from the result. It is clear that many ‘bloedsappe’ did not only vote for the HNP, but in fact joined the HNP.
1991 D. Beckett in Sunday Star 3 Feb. (Review) 5Doc is a renowned Bloedsap, a Smuts man...So how did he reach the top arena where a Sap was once as low a form of life as a Kommunis?
An ultra-conservative, dyed-in-the-wool member or supporter of the former United Party (see UP); a supporter of the politics of Jan Smuts and Louis Botha; an Afrikaner supporting a predominantly English-speaking political party and not the National Party. Also attributive.
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