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

see origin at Afrikaner

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Example Sentences

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Afrikander

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive

He had prospered as a rogue of old in England, really his native country, though he called himself an Afrikander.

From The Dop Doctor by Richard Dehan

There was no doubt in Lord Milner's mind as to the real motives which had prompted the Afrikander nationalist leaders to make this effort.

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

At last, in the dead of night, she reached the house of an Afrikander whom she had once befriended, and on whom she could rely.

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

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