oubaas

/ ˈəʊˌbɑːs /

noun

1. a person who is senior in years or rank

Word History and Origins

Origin of oubaas¹

Afrikaans

Example Sentences

Oubaas Coetzer, a police officer, said the crocodile attacked van der Sandt while he and a friend were playing a game to see who could retrieve the most golf balls from the dam.

From Seattle Times

Oubaas Coetzer, a police officer, said the crocodile attacked van der Sandt while he and a friend were playing a game to see who could retrieve the most golf balls from the dam.

From Seattle Times

After Oubaas Giraffe was dead, the Tortoises had a nice life for a long time, and then there came into their veld Old Three Sticks, the Ostrich, with his mam-ma and pap-pa, and his wives, and uncles, and aunties, and children, and friends.

From Project Gutenberg

Since then the Tortoises have had peace from the Long-necked People—Oubaas Giraffe and old Three Sticks.

From Project Gutenberg

At that time, my baasjes, the whole Tortoise nation was having a hard time with Oubaas Giraffe—that old horse with the long neck and the unequal legs, who is all white and black like a burnt thornbush3 with crows sitting on it.

From Project Gutenberg