Herstigte, noun and & adjective

/hɛrˈstəxtə/
Forms:
Also with small initial.
Origin:
AfrikaansShow more Afrikaans, ‘reconstituted’, as used in the name Herstigte Nasionale Party ‘Reconstituted National Party’.
A. noun a. A member of the Herstigte Nasionale Party (see HNP noun2); Hertzogite noun sense 2. b. Loosely, one who holds extreme right-wing views.
1971 B.J. Vorster in Daily Dispatch 7 Oct. 1I refer to Dr. Albert Hertzog and the ‘Herstigtes’ who go out of their way to besmirch not only the Government but myself.
1975 Daily Dispatch 20 May 15Delegates had changed suddenly into Progs in Nat clothing or closet Herstigtes.
1986 E. Prov. Herald 1 June 16The country cannot afford to have an illiberal CP parading its racist views to the world, never mind the Herstigtes.
B. adjective Of or pertaining to the Herstigte Nasionale Party (see HNP noun2); Hertzogite adjective sense 1.
1975 Sunday Times 13 Apr. 4Bring me..a bottle of 1973 Scharzberg. You know, man, the kind we knock back..at a Herstigte rally.
1986 E. Prov. Herald 20 June 8The Herstigte and Conservative elements seem able to call the shots.
A member of the Herstigte Nasionale Party (see HNP noun2); Hertzogite noun sense 2.
Loosely, one who holds extreme right-wing views.
Of or pertaining to the Herstigte Nasionale Party (see HNP noun2); Hertzogite adjective sense 1.
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