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

By birth, education and sympathies a typical Dutch Afrikander, he set himself to organize the political power of his fellow-countrymen.

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It was all a primitive and strenuous performance, but these Afrikander cattle are very wild and cannot be handled.

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This ranch belonged to an English Afrikander friend of his, and he had every hope that there his cattle—a goodly herd—and some hundreds of goats might be safe.

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The Herero had been subjugated by Jonker Afrikander, a son of Christian Afrikander, who followed the early footsteps of his sire and had renounced Christianity, but in 1865 they had recovered their independence.

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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.

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