bitter-ender
/ˈbɪtərˈendə(r)/(亦作bitter-einder)
noun
1- chiefly S. African a person who holds out until the end, no matter what〈主南非〉坚持到底者, 拼到底的人。
1.1
- (in southern African history) a Boer who refused to surrender towards the end of the Second Boer War(南非历史上第二次布尔战争中)拼到底的布尔人。
词源
the form bitter-ender probably entered South African English at approximately the same time that bitter-einder entered South African Dutch.