Bastaard
person of mixed race
Bastaard- Hottentot
person of mixed race with Khoisan ancestry
Basters
Christian community of mixed Khoisan, slave, and European ancestry; Basters eventually settled north of the Cedarberg, including areas in present-day Namibia
boer
farmer (see also trekboer and veeboer)
buitenpost
VOC outpost
burgher
citizen
Bushman, also Bosjesman
San, indigenous hunter-gatherers
 
Caabwards
towards Cape Town
the Company
the Dutch East India Company (VOC)
dagboek
journal, official VOC log for the Cape
d'Oude
the elder
drostdy
magisterial seat
droster
runaway
free black
a person of neither indigenous nor European origin and not enslaved
fiscaal
VOC official, second in command at the Cape; responsible for legal prosecution
fynbos
shrubs endemic to the Western Cape; part of Cape floral kingdom; fynbos comprises the majority of native plants in the Cedarberg
gemeente
church congregation, parish
Griquas
Christian community of mixed Khoisan, slave, and European ancestry; Griquas eventually settled in the eastern Karoo, near what would become the boundary between the Cape Colony and the Orange Free State
heemraad
landdrost's advisory council, a member of that council
Heren XVII
Lords XVII, directors of the VOC
hofsteede
farmhouse
Hottentot
Khoikhoi, pastoralist
inboekseling/
inboekselinge
Khoisan indentured servant(s)
 
inboekselsel
system of indenturing
ingeboekt
registered as indentured
Kaapenaar
resident of the Cape
Karoo
semi-desert region to the east of the Cedarberg
kamer
chamber, administrative division of the VOC
Khoikhoi, also Khoi, Khoe
indigenous pastoralists
 
Khoisan
encompassing term for hunters and herders when a more accurate description is not possible
kloof
ravine
knecht
servant, usually a VOC employee working for wages; often employed as an overseer, or as a teacher
kraal
Khoisan encampment; livestock corral; homestead
landbouwer
farmer
landdrost
magistrate
Namaquas
Khoikhoi community living in Namaqualand, north of the Cedarberg
NGK
Nederlands Gereformeerde Kerk
Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa
muid
unit of dry volume, equivalent to 3.1 bushels
opgaaf
census and taxation rolls
opstal
farm buildings
pacht
monopoly trading rights in specific commodities, including beer, wine, and meat. The VOC granted the trading rights to approved pachters in return for a rent, the pachtgeld.
predikant
preacher
togt
hunting trip
trekboer
pastoralist, migrant farmer
veeboer
cattle or livestock farmer
veld
field, landscape
veldkornet
a burgher appointee, subordinate to the landdrost
veldkorporal
officer in the burgher militia; appointed by districts (wyk) in rural areas to fulfill both military duties and some civil administration
veldwagmeester
burger militia officer, appointed by districts
vendu rol/rolle
auction roll(s)
VOC
Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie
Dutch East India Company
wyk
administrative subdivision within a landdrost's district
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