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Koevoet
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koevoet
English
Etymology
Borrowed from en af Koevoet.
Proper noun
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en historical A specialized South African police unit during the apartheid era that operated primarily in what is now Namibia.
Afrikaans
Etymology
From af koevoet crowbar, as a metaphor for how insurgents would be pried out of the civilian population.
Proper noun
af historical A specialized South African police unit during the apartheid era that operated primarily in what is now Namibia.