Af
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Af
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Af (plural Afs)
- (dated, colloquial) A native African (not white-skinned) in Rhodesia.
- 1978, The Bridge, volumes 3-4, page 15:
- Actually, they say, they get on quite well with the Afs. Just have a look around the country: no hostile glares or haughtiness when whites and blacks pass in the streets, none of the riots or strikes […]
- 2010, Roger Marston, Own Goals, page iv:
- […] the collapse of the white myths about the country: that it was a free society, that the “Afs” were happy and contented, that white culture was firmly rooted in a stable population, […]
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From Old High German affo, from Proto-Germanic *apô. Cognate with German Affe, English ape, Dutch aap, Icelandic api.
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Af m (plural Afen)