Afrikander
Americannoun
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one of a breed of red beef cattle, raised originally in southern Africa, well adapted to high temperatures.
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Archaic. Afrikaner.
noun
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a breed of humpbacked beef cattle originally raised in southern Africa
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a southern African breed of fat-tailed sheep
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a former name for an Afrikaner
Etymology
Origin of Afrikander
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 Dehan, Richard
The scarcely veiled demand for the independence of the Cape Colony, now put forward by the Afrikander nationalists, is as magnificently audacious as the ultimatum.
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)
The point of view of the astute Afrikander statesmen is different from that of the guerilla leader; but each party is equally hopeful of the ultimate victory of the nationalist cause.
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)
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