Afrikaner
or Af·ri·kaa·ner
[ af-ri-kah-ner, -kan-er ]
noun
an Afrikaans-speaking native of South Africa of European, especially Dutch, descent.
Origin of Afrikaner
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How to use Afrikaner in a sentence
Afrikaners have always taken pride in their frontier-stock tenacity.
All the Afrikaners in the Cape Colony have been working for years past for this end.
Origin of the Anglo-Boer War Revealed (2nd ed.) | C. H. Thomas
British Dictionary definitions for Afrikaner
Afrikaner
/ (afriˈkaːnə, ˌæfrɪˈkɑːnə) /
noun
a White native of the Republic of South Africa whose mother tongue is Afrikaans: See also Boer
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