BWB, noun

/ˈbiː dʌbəljuː ˈbiː//bɪə vɪə ˈbɪə/
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AfrikaansShow more Afrikaans, initial letters of Boere Weerstandsbeweging ‘Afrikaner Resistance Movement’.
The military wing of the extreme right-wing Afrikaner Boerestaat Party. Also attributive.
1992 R.H. Du Pre Making of Racial Conflict 165Boere Weerstandsbeweging (BWB), Military wing of the Boerestaat Party. Breakaway from AWB. Its leader, Andrew Ford, was allegedly the target of a rightwing assassination plot in 1991.
1992 Natal Witness 30 Dec. 2BWB leader..Andrew Ford said the BWB will not hesitate to take the law into its own hands to restore a Boer state.
1993 A. Ford in Natal Witness 9 Jan. 3The BWB acknowledges only one Wit Wolwe leader and that is Mr Barend Strydom.
The military wing of the extreme right-wing Afrikaner Boerestaat Party. Also attributive.
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