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Definition of South African
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to or characteristic of South Africa or its people.
2. Noun. A native or inhabitant of South Africa.
Generic synonyms: African
Specialized synonyms: Afrikander, Afrikaner, Boer
Definition of South African
1. Noun. A person from South Africa or of South African descent. ¹
2. Adjective. Of, from, or pertaining to South Africa, or the South African people. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of South African
Literary usage of South African
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletin of the New York Public Library by New York Public Library (1899)
"Great Britain . . . and the South African Republic for the exchange of ...
Correspondence relating to the Explosives Monopoly in the South African Republic. ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"South African WAR, a conflict (1899- 1902) between Great Britain and the South
African ... On 9 October the South African Republic presented an ultimatum, ..."
3. The Economics of Apartheid by Stephen R. Lewis (1990)
"South African Statistics. 1982. For 1985, C. Cooper et ai., Race
Relations (Johannesburg: South African Institute of Race Relations, 1986), citing
South ..."
4. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1878)
"THE South African QUESTION. IP it were not for the more burning question nearer
home, on which all thoughts have now for long been centred, the " South ..."
5. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1914)
"For years most were inclined to agree with Cope in recognizing a close affinity
with the South African mammal-like types. Then from 1897 onwards almost all ..."