jaap

/ jɑːp /

noun

1. offensive.
   a simpleton or country bumpkin

Word History and Origins

Origin of jaap¹

from Afrikaans

Example Sentences

Dutch war correspondent Hans-Jaap Melissen knows Syria and its conflict well.

From The Daily Beast

“And start quarrelling again, with renewed courage, on the first of January,” grinned Jaap.

From Project Gutenberg

Jaap's own salutations were very elaborate, and altogether of a character to prevent the suspicion of our ever having met before.

From Project Gutenberg

Thus saying, Jaap rode on, my sister and myself doing the same, pursuing the discourse that had thus accidentally arisen among us.

From Project Gutenberg

Jaap had made this movement in good season, and we were compelled to row a quarter of a mile down the river to meet the sloop.

From Project Gutenberg

I had learned enough of Andries and his party to satisfy my curiosity, and Jaap was patiently waiting to succeed me at the table.

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