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Meanings of Afrikander in English

Portuguese
africânder
Catalan
bóer

A white native of Cape Province who is a descendant of Dutch settlers and who speaks Afrikaans.

africânder
Synonyms
Examples for "Afrikaner"
Examples for "Afrikaner"
1
In 1948 the Afrikaner Nationalists came to power & began establishing apartheid.
The new yorker
2
Whoever takes their part is against us and against every true Afrikaner.
Origin of the Anglo-Boer War Revealed (2nd ed.) / The Conspiracy...
3
This one is an old house where an Afrikaner lived by himself.
A beautiful place to die
4
The Afrikaner was big enough to break his jaw with one swat.
A beautiful place to die
5
Young is smuggled to a black township to hear of Afrikaner atrocities.
Reuters
1
Another letter in the afternoon; from the Boer General to Colonel Kekewich.
The Siege of Kimberley / Its Humorous and Social Side; Anglo-Boe...
2
Butler wanted the British Army to prepare for a long Boer War.
The Irish Times
3
Out in South Africa, in the very thick of the Boer war.
The Rosary
4
The Boer is no soldier in the technical sense of the term.
In the Shadow of Death
5
De Boer will leave the side after completing a tour of China.
The Guardian
Usage of Afrikander in English
1
Long may he live to enjoy the trust of the Afrikander people!
Three Years' War
2
And when in self-defence an Afrikander remonstrates with the hooligans, he is arrested.
Native Life in South Africa / Before and Since the European War ...
3
He is an English Afrikander; is an old resident, and has a Boer wife.
Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World
4
That I promise you, and the Afrikander will do it with his own hands.
Native Life in South Africa / Before and Since the European War ...
5
There is scarcely an Afrikander family without an unhealable wound.
My Reminiscences of the Anglo-Boer War
6
One peculiar feature of the Afrikander character is the complete absence of anything approaching hero-worship.
With Steyn and De Wet
7
How I longed for a good Afrikander pony!
The Thirty-Nine Steps
8
The policy dearest to the farmers of the Afrikander Bond was the protective system for their agricultural produce.
Victorian Worthies: Sixteen Biographies
9
They were fine beasts of the Afrikander breed, that after a long rest had grown quite fat and strong.
Marie: An Episode in the Life of the Late Allan Quatermain
10
There can be very little doubt that the phantom the Afrikander saw was the actual spirit of a dead horse.
Animal Ghosts; Or, Animal Hauntings and the Hereafter
11
The Afrikander Bond hated him, that was a recognised fact, but this hatred did Sir Alfred more good than anything else.
Cecil Rhodes, Man and Empire-Maker
12
Think of a great Afrikander Republic-allSouth Africa speaking Dutch-aUnited States under your President and your Flag, sovereign and international.'
London to Ladysmith via Pretoria
13
Also the Afrikander Bond Congress is to be held next month; but probably the leaders will do their best to keep the people together.
From Capetown to Ladysmith: An Unfinished Record of the South Af...
14
The author is a friend and relation of mine, son of a clergyman in the Transvaal, and of old Afrikander stock on both sides.
On Commando
15
However, he carried off the situation, and welcomed the Afrikander genially, determining to have the matter out with him in some sarcastic moment later.
An Unpardonable Liar
16
To go into Germany as an anti-British Afrikander was a stoutish adventure, but to lounge about at home talking rot was a very different-sized job.
Mr. Standfast
Translations for Afrikander
Catalan
bóer