bosberaad

British

/ ˈbɒsbəˌrɑːd /

noun

a meeting in an isolated venue to break a political deadlock

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Etymology

Origin of bosberaad

C20: Afrikaans, from bos bush + beraad council

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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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