kurveyor

noun

kur·​vey·​or

-āə(r)

plural -s

: a traveling trader in southern Africa who carries goods about in a large ox wagon

Word History

Etymology

modification (influenced by English -or) of Afrikaans karweier, from karwei to kurvey + -er (from Dutch, akin to Old English -ere -er)

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