Afrikaner Definition

ăfrĭ-känər

noun

An Afrikaans-speaking South African of European and especially Dutch ancestry.

American Heritage

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

Webster's New World

A member of an ethnic group of northwestern European ancestry and associated with southern Africa and the Afrikaans language.

Wiktionary

A breed of cattle, aka Afrikander.

Wiktionary

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Origin of Afrikaner

Afrikaans from Dutch from Afrikaan an African from Latin Āfricānus from Āfrica Africa from Āfer Āfr- an African

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Afrikaans Afrikaner.

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