Afrikaner

or Af·ri·kaa·ner

[ af-ri-kah-ner, -kan-er ]

noun

1. an Afrikaans-speaking native of South Africa of European, especially Dutch, descent.

Afrikaner

/ afriˈkaːnə; ˌæfrɪˈkɑːnə /

noun

1. a White native of the Republic of South Africa whose mother tongue is Afrikaans See also Boer

Word History and Origins

Origin of Afrikaner¹

1815–1825; < Afrikaans, earlier Afrikaander, equivalent to Afrikaan African + -er -er ¹, with -d- from Hollander

Example Sentences

The Freedom Front Plus - another one of the 10 parties in the coalition government and seen as representing the interests of Afrikaners - is also opposed to Bela.

From BBC

Significantly, the ANC supported his appointment to the JSC, while two of its coalition partners, the DA and the Afrikaner nationalist Freedom Front Plus, opposed it.

From BBC

She was born on a white-owned farm in 1946 – two years before Afrikaner nationalists came to power and began implementing the policy of apartheid.

From BBC

Afrikaners, white descendants of Dutch settlers, adopted a unique frontier gun-owning identity, that is still present today.

From BBC

In 1948, the white-nationalist Afrikaner National Party was elected to run South Africa, a country that had already been controlled by a colonial white minority government.

From Salon