veggeneraal, noun
- Forms:
- Also vechtgeneraal, and with initial capital.
- Origin:
- Afrikaans, DutchShow more Afrikaans, earlier vecht-generaal, from Dutch vecht- fight- (noun used only in combination, from vechten to fight) + generaal general.
historical
‘Combat general’: the commanding officer of a division of the Boer army during the Anglo-Boer War; also used as a title.
[1900 H.C. Hillegas With Boer Forces 91The head of the army was the Commandant-General...Directly under his authority were the Assistant Commandant-Generals, five of whom were appointed by the Volksraad a short time before the beginning of hostilities. Then in rank were those who were called Vecht-Generals, or fighting generals...Then followed the Commandants, the leaders of the field-cornets of one district whose rank was about that of colonels.]
1986 Grocott’s Mail 4 June 11On 9 December 1899, President Steyn of the Orange Free State, appointed him to the rank of Vecht-Generaal — Fighting General.
‘Combat general’: the commanding officer of a division of the Boer army during the Anglo-Boer War; also used as a title.
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