At the end of the second Boer War, those Boers who had fought to the end were known as "Bittereinders" ("bitter enders"); by the time of the rebellion, those who had not taken the pledge and wanted to start a new war had also become known as the "bitter enders."
在第二次布爾戰爭結束時，那些曾經戰鬥到最後的布爾人被稱為“苦澀之人（英语：Bittereinders）”（Bittereinders）；而到了叛亂之時，那些沒有做出承諾並想要開始新戰爭的人亦同樣被稱為“苦澀之人”。