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Afrikander definition

Af·ri·kan·der (af′ri kan′dər)

noun

  1. Archaic Afrikaner
  2. a breed of cattle with a hump, developed in South Africa from a hairy indigenous breed
  3. a hardy breed of sheep developed in South Africa from an indigenous breed

Etymology: Afrik < Du Afrikaner, with inserted d, by analogy with Hollander, Hollander

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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