Jan Salie

Dutch

Etymology

Coined by Everhardus Johannes Potgieter. From salie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌjɑn ˈsaː.li/

Proper noun

Jan Salie m

1. Negative personification of the supposedly unenterprising, unpatriotic (insufficiently chauvinist and colonialist), conservative 19th century Dutch mentality. [from 19th c.]