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  • proper noun A breed of cattle, well adapted to hot climate.

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  • noun a white native of Cape Province who is a descendant of Dutch settlers and who speaks Afrikaans

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Examples

  • Recent political conditions show that the Afrikander is coming whole-heartedly into the British setup, but he doesn't come in with a sentiment like yours and mine.

    The Commonwealth as Educator 1933

  • During the whole war the task of the British had been made very much more difficult by the openly expressed sympathy with the Boers from the political association known as the Afrikander Bond, which either inspired or represented the views which prevailed among the great majority of the Dutch inhabitants of Cape Colony.

    The Great Boer War Arthur Conan Doyle 1894

  • Finance, which owns 23 million shares in Afrikander Lease.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2003

  • Afrikander Lease, as well as a participation in Kabusha Mining and

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2003

  • He wanted, he said, to 'knock the bottom out of' the great Afrikander nation 'for ever and ever Amen.'

    The War that Made South Africa Ascherson, Neal 1979

  • 'At present the Party appeals to the Afrikander about as much as to the

    Class & Colour in South Africa 1850-1950 - Chapter 8 Ray Esther 1969

  • It lasted until Duff managed to bring it under control and lead the little Afrikander across to make the introduction.

    When the Lion Feeds Smith, Wilbur 1964

  • The leaves were golden and russet and redbrown, the same red-brown as the bunches of Afrikander cattle that grazed among the trees.

    When the Lion Feeds Smith, Wilbur 1964

  • Afrikander Bond was the protective system for their agricultural produce.

    Victorian Worthies Sixteen Biographies George Henry Blore

  • His organ was 'the Afrikander Bond', a society formed partly for agricultural, partly for political purposes, a creature which like a chameleon has often changed its colour, sometimes working peacefully beside British politicians, at other times openly conducting an anti-British agitation.

    Victorian Worthies Sixteen Biographies George Henry Blore

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