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meid
meid
See also: méid
English
Noun
meid (plural meide)
- (South Africa, offensive) A young black woman. [from 20th c.]
- 1979, André Brink, A Dry White Season, Vintage 1998, p. 113:
- The last time she heard Capt Stolz saying: ‘Come on, meid, speak up. Or do you want to die like Gordon Ngubene?’
- 1979, André Brink, A Dry White Season, Vintage 1998, p. 113:
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɛi̯t/
Etymology
From Middle Dutch meit, variant of meget, from Old Dutch *megith, *magath, from Proto-Germanic *magaþs. Compare also maagd.
Noun
meid f (plural meiden, diminutive meidje n or meisje n)