Slamse, adjective

/ˈslamsə/
Forms:
Also with small initial.
Origin:
AfrikaansShow more Afrikaans, contracted form of Islaamse Islamic.
Of or pertaining to the Cape Muslim people; in special collocations (now obsolete), as
Slamseman [Afrikaans, man man], a Muslim man;
Slamsemeisje [Afrikaans, meisje obsolete form of meisie girl], a Muslim girl or woman.
1913 D. Fairbridge Piet of Italy 71If our Piet marries other than a Slamsemeisje he may become even such as Da’ood who cares nothing for the Faith.
1913 D. Fairbridge Piet of Italy 291It is good to make the Hadj...Now must every Slamseman go, to meet there men from Sham, from..Marokish..and to hear much talk.
1913 D. Fairbridge Piet of Italy 314Make me a Christian, eh? I, who am a slamsemeisje and the wife of Da’ood!
1971 L.G. Green Taste of S.-Easter 154All the good old Cape cookery books cry out for coriander; in blatjang and peach pickle, slamse wors and buriyani.
Of or pertaining to the Cape Muslim people; in special collocations (now obsolete), as
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