Afrikaner

(af′ri kän′ər)

noun

a white South African whose native language is Afrikaans, esp. one of Dutch ancestry

Origin: Du

See Afrikaner in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

An Afrikaans-speaking South African of European ancestry, especially one descended from 17th-century Dutch settlers.

Origin:

Origin: Afrikaans

Origin: , from Dutch

Origin: , from Afrikaan, an African

Origin: , from Latin Āfricānus

Origin: , from Āfrica, Africa

Origin: , from Āfer, Āfr-, an African

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