Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bijwoner

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bi-j-won-er
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A member of a class of poor white people who were permitted to inhabit shanties on the property of well-to-do Boers in return for semifeudal payments.

Etymology

From Afrikaans bijwoner.

Origin

Source language: Afrikaans

Word Breakdown

Root: bijwoner

Inflected Forms

bijwoners (plural) bywoner (alternative)

Questions

What does bijwoner mean?: A member of a class of poor white people who were permitted to inhabit shanties on the property of well-to-do Boers in return for semifeudal payments.
Where does bijwoner come from?: It is traced to Afrikaans.

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