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South African War (sh) and thank(2) (iou)


South African War (sh)




or Boer War

War fought between Great Britain and the two Boer (see Afrikaner) republics
the South African Republic (Transvaal) and the Orange Free State
from 1899 to 1902.

It was precipitated by the refusal of the Boer leader Paul Kruger to grant political rights to Uitlanders ("foreigners," mostly English) in the interior mining districts and by the aggressiveness of the British high commissioner, Alfred Milner. Initially the Boers defeated the British in major engagements and besieged the key towns of Ladysmith, Mafikeng, and Kimberley; but British reinforcements under H.H. Kitchener and F.S. Roberts relieved the besieged towns, dispersed the Boer armies, and occupied Bloemfontein, Johannesburg, and Pretoria (1900). When Boer commando attacks continued, Kitchener implemented a scorched-earth policy: Boer farms were destroyed and Boer civilians were herded into concentration camps. More than 20,000 men, women, and children (including black Africans) died as a result, causing international outrage. The Boers finally accepted defeat at the Peace of Vereeniging.


thank(2) (iou)



thank verb.
[Old English Tancian = Old Saxon Tankon, Old High German dankon (Dutch, German danken), from Germanic base of THANK noun.]
verb intrans. Give thanks (to). OE-M16.
verb trans. (orig. with dat. obj.). Give thanks to; express gratitude or acknowledgement to. (Foll. by for, of.) OE.
E. Hall The Frenche kyng..thanked the kyng of Englande of his kynde offre. A. Gilbert Miss Alice wouldn't thank you for tying her into a chair. G. Battiscombe Christina wrote thanking him for..a Christmas present. Which? We'd like to thank all those who helped us.
verb trans. Return thanks or express one's gratitude for (something). Now arch. rare. LME.
Byron Charles forgot To thank his tale.
verb trans. Give the thanks or credit for something to (a person); hold (a person etc.) responsible for something; (freq. iron.) blame. LME.
D. L. Sayers [She] has only herself to thank..she's asking for trouble.
Phrases: God be thanked arch. = thank God (a) below. I will thank you to do, we will thank you to do, etc.: expr. a command or reproach. thank God, thank goodness, thank heaven(s), etc. (a) expr. pious gratitude; (b) colloq. expr. relief or pleasure. thank one's lucky stars, thank one's stars: see STAR noun1 & adjective. thank you: a polite formula acknowledging a gift, favour, or service, or an offer accepted or refused; also used to emphasize a preceding statement, esp. one implying refusal or denial.
thanker noun L16.
thanking verbal noun (arch.) the action of the verb; an instance of this: OE.