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Backvelder vs Backveld - What's the difference?

backvelder | backveld | Derived terms |

Backvelder is a derived term of backveld.


As nouns the difference between backvelder and backveld

is that backvelder is a native or inhabitant of the backveld while backveld is (south africa) backward and unsophisticated rural areas.

backvelder

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A native or inhabitant of the backveld.

    • backveld

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (South Africa) Backward and unsophisticated rural areas.
  • *1979 , , A Dry White Season , Vintage 1998, p. 20:
  • *:If it hadn't been for Susan he might have ended his life in some small, forgotten backveld village, quietly content to teach a bit of history and geography to one generation of school children after the other […].

    • Derived terms

    * backvelder