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bosberaad

/ ˈbɒsbəˌrɑːd /

noun

  1. a meeting in an isolated venue to break a political deadlock
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of bosberaad1

C20: Afrikaans, from bos bush + beraad council
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Example Sentences

In December 1989 he convened a historic bosberaad, or bush council, at which he won his Cabinet's authorization to lift the government's ban on the A.N.C. and to release Mandela in February of the following year.

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