Veldskoendraer, noun

/ˈfeltskʊnˌdrɑə(r)/
Forms:
Veldschoendrager, Veld-scoondrawerShow more Also Veldschoendrager, Veld-scoondrawer, Velskoendraer, Velskoendrager.
Origin:
Afrikaans, South African DutchShow more Afrikaans (earlier South African Dutch veldschoendrager), veldskoen see veldskoen + draer wearer.
historical
The colonial name for a member of the Hawobe subdivision of the Nama people, living during the nineteenth century in the far south of what is now Namibia. Also attributive.
1841 J. Tindall Jrnl (1959) 24I prepared to trek to the Velskoen Dragers.
1877 Sel. Comm. Report on Mission to Damaraland 94Name of Tribe..Hobobes or Velschoendragers.
1877 Sel. Comm. Report on Mission to Damaraland p.xixForbes, a trader, came within the boundaries of the Veldschoendragers, and nearly died by thirst.
1887 A.A. Anderson 25 Yrs in Waggon I. 256The inhabitants are of various tribes, called the Namaquas, Veld-scoondrawers, [etc.].
1928 H. Vedder in Native Tribes of S.W. Afr. 115Hawoben whose tribal name should be translated into ‘Veldschoendragers’ under which name they are referred to frequently in literature.
1958 A. Jackson Trader on Veld 56Witbooi..and his small army were feared by the other tribes.., including..Hans Arissimab of the Veldschoendrager Hottentots.
1961 O. Levinson Ageless Land 26The missionary brothers, Albrecht, were the first to acquire a sound knowledge of the tribes around Warmbad and the Orange River. They left accounts of..the Veldskoendraers.
1974 J.P. van S. Bruwer in Std Encycl. of Sn Afr. X. 156The Hawobe or Velskoendraers lived in the region south of present-day Keetmanshoop.
The colonial name for a member of the Hawobe subdivision of the Nama people, living during the nineteenth century in the far south of what is now Namibia. Also attributive.
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veldskoen, velskoen, nounn. & adjectiveadj.veldwagtmeester, nounn.
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