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South African Dutch

American  

noun

(used with a plural verb)
  1. the Boers.


adjective

  1. of, relating to, or characteristic of the Boers.

South African Dutch British  

noun

  1. (not used in South Africa) another name for Afrikaans

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Joyce Cornvelt, South African Dutch girl, came back to Holland when her father's death left her an orphan.

From Time Magazine Archive

And the accents falling on her ear are in the expressive sweetness of the South African Dutch, in its most cultured form.

From The Petticoat Commando Boer Women in Secret Service by Brandt, Johanna

Thus in the first half of the 18th century the language arose which is now called the South African Dutch.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" by Various

The South African Dutch would not submit to being ruled any longer by the pestilential English.

From The Shadow of the Past by Young, F.E. Mills

The rest of the buck's flesh we cut into strips and hung in the sun to dry into "biltong," as, I believe, the South African Dutch call flesh thus prepared.

From She by Haggard, Henry Rider

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