Broederbond
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of Broederbond
Afrikaans: band of brothers
Example Sentences
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Members may admit that they belong to the Broederbond but are not allowed to disclose that someone else does.
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Broederbond offices are not listed in the phone book.
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Vorster regularly consults with the Broederbond and keeps its leaders informed on important governmental policy shifts.
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Concentrating on education, the Broederbond opposed the language policy of Prime Minister Jan Smuts in the 1940s, under which Afrikaner children were taught half their subjects in English and the remainder in their native tongue.
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Ten of the new ministers, like Malan himself, belonged to the Afrikaner Broederbond, a fanatic secret society which Smuts had once banned as subversive.
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