South African Dutch

American  

noun

(used with a plural verb)

1. the Boers.

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adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of the Boers.

South African Dutch British  

noun

1. (not used in South Africa) another name for Afrikaans

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Example Sentences

Joyce Cornvelt, South African Dutch girl, came back to Holland when her father's death left her an orphan.

From Time Magazine Archive

Still, there is a party among the South African Dutch that sees no necessity for the invasion of German Southwest Africa.

From New York Times, Current History, Vol 1, Issue 1 From the Beginning to March, 1915 With Index by Various

The rest of the buck's flesh we cut into strips and hung in the sun to dry into "biltong," as, I believe, the South African Dutch call flesh thus prepared.

From She by Haggard, Henry Rider

Thus in the first half of the 18th century the language arose which is now called the South African Dutch.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" by Various

I. for the racial characteristics of the South African Dutch, and to the note on p.

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)