Caffer fair, noun phrase
- Origin:
- EnglishShow more Caffer obsolete name for a member of the Xhosa people (see kaffir noun sense 1 b and c) + English fair.
obs.
Any of a series of trade fairs instituted by the colonial government of the Cape to promote trade between colonists and Xhosa peoples on the eastern frontier. Also attributive.
- Note:
- Held at regular intervals from 1821 until 1834; especially at Fort Willshire.
1827 T. Philipps Scenes & Occurrences 203Several of the Caffer Fair dealers had arrived from Grahamstown.
1955 V.M. Fitzroy Dark Bright Land 61Sophia and me from home three days with Papa, to visit a Caffer Fair...They come with elephants’ teeth, wild beasts skins, horns and the like to barter for knives, beads and such trinkets.
Any of a series of trade fairs instituted by the colonial government of the Cape to promote trade between colonists and Xhosa peoples on the eastern frontier. Also attributive.
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