baas

[ US /ˈbɑz/ ]
NOUN
  1. South African term for `boss'
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How To Use baas In A Sentence

  • Mein baas! mein baas! der duyvel um da -- dar skellum is da ` tsetse! ' The Bush Boys History and Adventures of a Cape Farmer and his Family
  • The sjambok is the Baas 'cure for the traitor, and sometimes it kills to cure. The Judgment House
  • In die ou dae het die pa later die bywoner geword en die oudste broer was die baas van die plaas en soos wat hulle dood, is die eiendom net oorgedra. RASOOL CALLS ON MORKEL TO DISCIPLINE HERANDIEN
  • Did you know that the word boss comes from the Dutch word baas, which historically means master?
  • Baas! baas! we shut him up! we close da skellum up. The Bush Boys History and Adventures of a Cape Farmer and his Family
  • In fact, up to the mid-1950s the Ministry went by the name of Irrigation, with none other than the practitioner of apartheid baaskap, J G Strijdom, the responsible Minister. ANC Daily News Briefing
  • Fanagalo, the jargon used on the mines, he advised them to 'tchella lo baas wena meningi mali; picanniny sebenza', meaning 'demand more pay and less work'. Class & Colour in South Africa 1850-1950 - Chapter 7
  • No policy which attempts to keep the majority of the population of South Africa under permanent subjection or "baaskap" can ever succeed. PAPER ON THE GROUP AREAS ACT AND ITS EFFECTS ON THE INDIAN PEOPLE OF NATAL
  • They will not see through the superficial machinations of modern baaskap whose heart is filled with envy at seeing the dream becoming true, of a people united in a social contract, working together black and white, to determine a better future for themselves. SPEECH BY NKOSINATHI NHLEKO, CHIEF WHIP OF THE MAJORITY PARTY ON THE STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS
  • The Western Cape's pursuit of an inclusive South African identity is bedevilled by ... the persistence of white privilege rooted in historical baaskap and black exclusion," the document said. ANC Daily News Briefing
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