Definition of Africander

1. Noun. Tall large-horned humped cattle of South Africa; used for meat or draft.

Generic synonyms: Bos Taurus, Cattle, Cows, Kine, Oxen

Definition of Africander

1. n. 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.

Definition of Africander

1. Noun. (archaic form of Afrikaner) ¹

2. Noun. (dated) One born in Africa, the offspring of a white father and black mother. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Africander

African scented mahogany
African tea
African tick fever
African trypanosomiasis
African tulip
African violet
African violets
African walnut
African wild dog
African wild dogs
African wildcat
African wildcats
African yellowwood
Africana
Africander
Africanders
Africanisation
Africanise
Africanised
Africanises
Africanising
Africanism
Africanisms
Africanist
Africanist dance
Africanists
Africanization
Africanize
Africanized

Literary usage of Africander

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Africanders: A Century of Dutch-English Feud in South Africa by Le Roy Hooker (1900)
"THE africander REPUBLICS AND BRITISH POLICY. The surprising policy pursued by the British government in arbitrarily annexing the Transvaal in 1877, ..."

2. The Rise and Fall of Krugerism: A Personal Record of Forty Years in South Africa by John Scoble, Hugh Romilly Abercrombie (1900)
"... or whether we are ready to take the Transvaal for a model, and have our policy shaped by the africander Bond. There is no begging the question. ..."

3. Sunshine and Storm in Rhodesia: Being a Narrative of Events in Matabeleland by Frederick Courteney Selous (1896)
"This force consisted of twenty-one Scouts under Captain Grey and twenty- two of the africander Corps under Captain Van Niekerk, Captains Nicholson and ..."

4. A Federal South Africa: A Comparison of the Critical Period of American by Percy Alport Molteno (1896)
"... defined—Republics populated from Cape Colony—European population uniformly dispersed—Assimilating power of africander population—Similar distribution of ..."

5. The Settlement After the War in South Africa by Michael James Farrelly (1900)
"The first is that an africander is every whit as good as an Englishman, ... I am an africander, and I am proud of it I am proud of the fact that I have ..."

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