Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of a breed of tall red cattle that were originally developed in South Africa, are well adapted to heat, and have a humped back and large spreading horns.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A native of Cape Colony or the neighboring regions of Africa born of white parents; a descendant of European settlers in southern Africa.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One born in Africa, the offspring of a white father and a “colored” mother. Also, and now commonly in Southern Africa, a native born of European settlers.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Archaic form of
Afrikaner . - noun dated One born in
Africa , theoffspring of a white father and black mother.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun tall large-horned humped cattle of South Africa; used for meat or draft
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Thus early in South African annals were the foundations laid of what we now call the Africander sentiment -- a sentiment which has become one of the main factors in the history of the country.
Impressions of South Africa James Bryce Bryce 1880
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Enter 'Africander' lad with a nosegay; only one flower that I know -
Letters from the Cape Lucie Duff Gordon 1845
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We have had Africa for the Africander, and at no distant day we shall hear "Asia for the Asiatic!"
The Yellow Peril 2010
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I selected the better, an Africander stallion of the blaauw-schimmel, or blue-roan type, which is famous for speed and endurance.
Prester John 2005
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'The Coloured Mechanic, Malay, black or Africander should make a common cause, and Organize, Organize, Organize.'
file:///D:/Data/HTML/BOOKS/src/sfsa04.txt Ray Esther 1969
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British interests, British paramountcy, etc., were supposed to be seriously threatened by a great Pan-Africander conspiracy, which had for its objective the total elimination of the Imperial factor in South Africa.
In the Shadow of Death P. H. Kritzinger
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What that victory, however, would inevitably have involved was made abundantly plain in the pages of _De Patriot_, the once official organ of the Africander Bond.
With the Guards' Brigade from Bloemfontein to Koomati Poort and Back Edward P. Lowry
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Let them take that away, and within a year the Confederation under the Free Africander flag would be established; but so long as the English flag remains here the
With the Guards' Brigade from Bloemfontein to Koomati Poort and Back Edward P. Lowry
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Needless to say, my remarks were translated into the Africander papers, and somewhat extensively read, especially by the ladies in question and their male relatives; nor did the editors of those papers forbear to comment on them in leading articles.
The Idler Magazine, Volume III, April 1893 An Illustrated Monthly Various
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During the Zulu campaign I was abominably served by a lazy Africander and a lazier St. Helena boy.
The Idler Magazine, Vol III. May 1893 An Illustrated Monthly Various
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