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Vietnamese
Etymology
Sino-Vietnamese word from 莠 (“bad (figuratively)”) and 民 (“people”).
Its second sense arose owing to the Nguyễn dynasty's anti-Chritian policies.
Pronunciation
Noun
dửu dân
- (obsolete) a bad person
- (obsolete, derogatory) a believer in Christianity; a Christian
- Synonym: giáo dân
- Antonym: lương dân
- 1970, Lam Giang & Võ Ngọc Nhã, Đặng Đức Tuấn Tinh Hoa Công Giáo Ái Quốc Việt Nam (Đặng Đức Tuấn - A Quintessential Catholic Vietnamese Patriot), p. 503; quoted in 2021, Nguyễn Văn Nghệ, “Xuất xứ và ý nghĩa của hai từ ‘lương dân’ – ‘giáo dân’ (The etymologies and meanings of the two words ‘lương dân’ and ‘giáo dân’)”, nghiencuuquocte.org
Xưa những việc chẳng ngay chẳng thảo[,] [đ]ổ Da tô, vu Tả đạo với Dửu dân[.]- In the past, dishonesties and impieties were blamed on Jesus, Christianity, and Christians.