Koevoet

See also: koevoet

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Afrikaans Koevoet.

Proper noun

Koevoet (uncountable)

  1. (historical) A specialized South African police unit during the apartheid era that operated primarily in what is now Namibia.

Afrikaans

Etymology

From koevoet (“crowbar”), as a metaphor for how insurgents would be pried out of the civilian population.

Proper noun

Koevoet

  1. (historical) A specialized South African police unit during the apartheid era that operated primarily in what is now Namibia.
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