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Afrikaner

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Af⋅ri⋅ka⋅ner

[af-ri-kah-ner, -kan-er]
–noun
an Afrikaans-speaking native of South Africa of European, esp. Dutch, descent.
Also, Af⋅ri⋅kaa⋅ner.


Origin:
1815–1825; < Afrik, earlier Afrikaander, equiv. to Afrikaan African + -er -er 1 , with -d- from Hollander
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Af·ri·ka·ner   (āf'rĭ-kä'nər)   
n.  An Afrikaans-speaking South African of European ancestry, especially one descended from 17th-century Dutch settlers.

[Afrikaans, from Dutch, from Afrikaan, an African, from Latin Āfricānus, from Āfrica, Africa, from Āfer, Āfr-, an African.]
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