gomtor, noun

Forms:
Also gomtorrel.
Origin:
AfrikaansShow more Afrikaans, lout.
derogatory, slang
An uncouth or common person; gom; gopse sense 2.
1970 E.J. Le Roux Informant, Bellville, Western CapeGomtor. Common people, just rubbish.
1970 V.R. Fink Informant, Johannesburg, GautengThe litter at the picnic spot was caused by a bunch of gomtors (a derogatory term describing an ignorant, common type of Afrikaner).
1990 Frontline Mar.Apr. 16The throng is 90% decent people waiting with the patience of the rock of ages, and 10% loud drunken low-grade gomtorrels who swill liquor and use the floor as a dustbin.
An uncouth or common person; gom; gopse sense 2.
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