‖meid, noun

/meɪt/
Plurals:
meide/ˈmeɪdə/.
Origin:
Afrikaans, DutchShow more Afrikaans, from Dutch meid servant girl, maid.
offensive
Among Afrikaans-speakers: an insulting term of address or reference to a Coloured or Black girl or woman; meidjie.
[a1858 J. Goldswain Chron. (1949) II. 4When I was a bout two yards off her I ordered he to stop but she told me to ‘fung the underMaid’ (catch the other woman).]
1908 I.W. Wauchope Natives & their Missionaries 4A female Native was called ‘Meid,’ i.e. girl, or as a term of endearment ‘Ou-ma,’ i.e. grandmother or ‘Ayah.’
1963 B. Modisane Blame Me on Hist. (1986) 58‘You must watch these meide,’ the constable said.
1969 A. Fugard Boesman & Lena 21Some sports. You and him. They like Hotnot meide.
1974 A.P. Brink Looking on Darkness 54So they take me en’ one of them show me a stick en’ he say: Meid where’s de money?’
1980 Sunday Times 4 May 6Senior white medical and nursing staff treated them with contempt, often referring to them as ‘meide’.
1982 E. Prov. Herald 3 May 10It didn’t matter that she was of royal descent and the well-educated daughter of an ambassador. She was a meid even if her family had been wearing shoes long before our forebears stopped wearing skins.
1987 Learn & Teach No.1, 22I have had enough of your Baasmiesieskleinbasskleinnooi minds This meid means business.
an insulting term of address or reference to a Coloured or Black girl or woman; meidjie.
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