| 单词 |
Broederbond |
| 释义 |
Broederbond,, n. S. Afr.
(ˈbruːdəbɔnd, ‖ ˈbrudərbɒnt)
[a. Afrikaans, f. broeder brother n. + bond league.]
A largely secret society (founded in 1918) promoting the interests of and restricted in membership to male, Protestant Afrikaners.
1935Times 8 Nov. 13/3 The Afrikaner Broederbond, originally a laudable society interested in Afrikaans culture..but now a secret society aiming for an independent Afrikaans form of government. 1945Round Table No. 138. 184 General Smuts..proposed to declare the Broederbond a political organization and ban its members from the public service. 1958Times 1 July 9/3 Professor du Plessis is reputed to be a high official of the Broederbond, the society which is said to make and break Afrikaner leaders. 1963A. Delius Day Natal took Off 47 He fell back upon the stock bogey of opposition politics, the Afrikaner Broederbond. 1986Christian Science Monitor 28 Oct. 1/1 Recent splits in apartheid's other founding bodies—the ruling National Party and the semisecret cultural organization known as the Afrikaner Broederbond—suggest the change will be halting. |
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