Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The four-colored (red, white, blue, and green) flag of the former South African Republic (Transvaal).
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The four-colored flag of the South African Republic, or Transvaal, -- red, white, blue, and green.
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Examples
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The flag of the new, democratic South Africa was removed from the monument and the old orange, white and blue South African flag raised above the waiting crowd, some waving the "Vierkleur" - the old South African Republic flag.
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"Vierkleur" -- the only one we possessed -- but the look of which gladdened the hearts of many assisting at this celebration in the wilderness.
My Reminiscences of the Anglo-Boer War P. [Illustrator] Van Breda 1892
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"To-morrow" was here, and it would bring the challenge from Oom Paul to try the might of England against the iron courage of those to whom the Vierkleur was the symbol of sovereignty from sea to sea and the ruin of the Rooinek.
The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897
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"To-morrow" was here, and it would bring the challenge from Oom Paul to try the might of England against the iron courage of those to whom the Vierkleur was the symbol of sovereignty from sea to sea and the ruin of the Rooinek.
The Judgment House Gilbert Parker 1897
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Above the sea of white faces, the old South African flag whipped in the wind alongside the orange, red, white and blue "Vierkleur"
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Tuesday, and his supporters on the hill were raising the "Vierkleur", the flag of the Boer South African republic before defeat by British colonists at the turn of the century.
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The conspicuously bright hues of the "Vierkleur" round Hansie's hat attracted the attention of the new-comers in Pretoria, and she was often asked what they represented.
The Petticoat Commando Boer Women in Secret Service Johanna Brandt 1920
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Miss Cinatti fastened a broad white ribbon over the "Vierkleur," and
The Petticoat Commando Boer Women in Secret Service Johanna Brandt 1920
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"Go out as usual with my 'Vierkleur' on, and see what happens," she said.
The Petticoat Commando Boer Women in Secret Service Johanna Brandt 1920
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Some there were adorned with her beloved, her most tragic "Vierkleur," and over them she lingered long, breathing a prayer to merciful Heaven to still her beating heart for ever.
The Petticoat Commando Boer Women in Secret Service Johanna Brandt 1920
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