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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.


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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of Afrikander

see origin at Afrikaner

Example Sentences

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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

His chief importance as a public man was, however, derived from his power over the Dutch in Cape Colony, and his control of the Afrikander Bond.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" by Various

With the exception of Rhodesia and Natal and the native territories immediately under the control of the Imperial Government, the Afrikander nationalists dominated the whole of South Africa.

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

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