baas-boy, noun

/ˈbɑːsbɔɪ/
Origin:
baas + boy sense 1 a.
1. boss-boy. Also attributive.
1953 P. Lanham Blanket Boy’s Moon 97He was able to get work at Nourse Mines, and before long became a baas-boy underground.
1961 D. Bee Children of Yesterday 12It was Madévaan, baas-boy or headman of the farm, Bhekuyise’s father.
1979 M. Matshoba Call Me Not a Man 34She was the ‘head girl’, if that is a suitable feminine gender for induna or ‘baasboy’.
1982 Staffrider Vol.4 No.4, 14At work not even one of his Africans understands these two official languages. Not even his baasboy, Chrissie.
1990 Pace May 15Joe was dressed to kill in his famous ‘izimbadada’ (handmade sandals synonymous with hostel inmates),..brown overalls,..baas-boy cap and colourful earrings.
1993 [see mantshingilane].
2. A derogatory term for one who collaborates with the authorities, i.e. ‘boy of the baases’, a play on sense 1.
1987 New Nation 5 Mar. 11I don’t think that you consider yourself as black, or if you do you must be a kind of ‘baasboy’.
1987 New Nation 17 Dec. 9We want to make it clear to ‘baas-boy’ Lucas M— that his ‘rule’ is illegitimate.
1990 Pace May 36Sothos are stigmatised as thieves and police informers and ‘baas-boys’. With these forces at work, tribal conflicts erupt.
boss-boy. Also attributive.
A derogatory term for one who collaborates with the authorities, i.e. ‘boy of the baases’, a play on sense 1.
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