Afrikander

or Af·ri·can·der

[af-ri-kan-der]

noun

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

Origin of Afrikander

see origin at Afrikaner

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Examples from the Web for afrikander

Historical Examples of afrikander

But the Afrikander leaders at the Cape knew that they had the game in their own hands.
Lord Milner's Work in South Africa
W. Basil Worsfold
The whole of South Africa belongs by just right to the Afrikander nation.
Lord Milner's Work in South Africa
W. Basil Worsfold
"Afrikander party" The, the friends of in England, 375, 379.
Lord Milner's Work in South Africa
W. Basil Worsfold
This was precisely what the Afrikander nationalist desired to do.
Lord Milner's Work in South Africa
W. Basil Worsfold
Were they, then, the comrades or the dupes of the Afrikander nationalists?
Lord Milner's Work in South Africa
W. Basil Worsfold

British Dictionary definitions for afrikander

Afrikander

Africander

noun

a breed of humpbacked beef cattle originally raised in southern Africa
a southern African breed of fat-tailed sheep
a former name for an Afrikaner

Word Origin for Afrikander

C19: from South African Dutch, formed on the model of Hollander

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Word Origin and History for afrikander

Afrikander

1822, "South African native of Dutch descent," from Dutch Afrikaner "African," with intrusive -d- on analogy of Hollander, Englander, etc. (Afrikaner is attested from 1824).