"veldt" meaning in All languages combined

See veldt on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: veldts [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} veldt (plural veldts)
  1. Dated spelling of veld.
    Sense id: en-veldt-en-noun-RiP9thq1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1912, F[rancis] Bancroft, chapter III, in The Veldt Dwellers, 3rd edition, London: Hutchinson & Co. […], →OCLC, book IV, page 296",
          "text": "And Thane nodded and staggered blindly upward, only to sag again in a heap upon the veldt.",
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          "ref": "1995, Malyn [D. D.] Newitt, “The Interior South of the Zambesi in the Sixteenth Century”, in A History of Mozambique, Bloomington, Indianapolis, Ind.: Indiana University Press, page 31",
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          "ref": "2018, Tendai Rinos Mwanaka, “Ruins”, in Keys in the River: New and Collected Stories, Chitungwiza, Zimbabwe: Mwanaka Media and Publishing, page 60",
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          "ref": "2023 December 8, Jennifer Senior, “What Will Happen to the American Psyche If Trump Is Reelected?”, in The Atlantic",
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