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balander

balander |bəˈlandə |(also balanda ) ▶noun derogatory (in Australian Aboriginal English ) a white man. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from Makasarese balanda, from Malay belanda (alteration of Hollander in the sense ‘Dutchman ’).

 

Oxford Dictionary

balander

balander |bəˈlandə |(also balanda ) ▶noun derogatory (in Australian Aboriginal English ) a white man. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from Makasarese balanda, from Malay belanda (alteration of Hollander in the sense ‘Dutchman ’).