Afrikander

American  

[af-ri-kan-der] / ˌæf rɪˈkæn dər /

Or Africander

noun

1. one of a breed of red beef cattle, raised originally in southern Africa, well adapted to high temperatures.

2. Archaic. Afrikaner.

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Afrikander British  

/ ˌæfrɪˈkændə, afriˈkandə /

noun

1. a breed of humpbacked beef cattle originally raised in southern Africa

2. a southern African breed of fat-tailed sheep

3. a former name for an Afrikaner

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Etymology

Origin of Afrikander

Afrikaner

Example Sentences

Patriotic appeals from London, urging South Africa to follow the Mother Country off gold, have fallen on deaf Afrikander ears.

From Time Magazine Archive

South Africans prefer their own Afrikander folk songs like Sarie Marais.

From Time Magazine Archive

With the Prime Minister went Sir Richard Solomon, Mr. Herholdt, and one or two of the Afrikander rank and file.

From Lord Milner's Work in South Africa From its Commencement in 1897 to the Peace of Vereeniging in 1902 by Worsfold, W. Basil (William Basil)

When she saw that the captive was where he could do her husband no harm, she handed a purse to the Afrikander and turned her horses’ heads homeward, with a sense of relief.

From An I.D.B. in South Africa by Vescelius-Sheldon, Louise

Subsequently that excellent Afrikander, Mr. Van Busch, rejoins Brounckers' bright boy at Tweipans, with information that decides the date of Schenk Eybel's Feint from the East.

From The Dop Doctor by Dehan, Richard