Afrikaner
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- noun
- /ˌæfrɪˈkɑːnər/
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afrikaner
- They called themselves Afrikaners and spoke their own dialect of Dutch, known as Afrikans, but they were often simply known as Boers, the Dutch word for farmer.
- Afrikaners and coloureds
- Afrikaner Broederbond
- attitudes of Afrikaners
So they've internalized the notion that they're bad and have they've kind of made Afrikaners out of us.
- So they've internalized the notion that they're bad and have they've kind of made Afrikaners out of us.
Examples
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Beginning already in the 1920s and 1930s, Afrikaner businesspeople decided that Afrikaners needed to cooperate to preserve Afrikaner economic gains.
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The Afrikaners waited for that day with excitement.
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As an Afrikaner, you should know that better than anyone else.
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We know that you Afrikaners have paid in blood for your country.
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Well, we Afrikaners are funny people sometimes.
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We Afrikaners came here in 1652.
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As noted earlier, by the mid-1970s many Afrikaners had achieved a large measure of wealth and power.
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During apartheid, education was the only sector in which a distinction was made between Afrikaners and English-speaking people.
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For example, the majority of Afrikaners (approximately 70 percent) had reached a middle-class status.
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Many Afrikaners have rich cultural traditions that celebrate their heritage.
Synonyms
A white person from South Africa descended from Dutch settlers who often speaks Afrikaans
A white person in South Africa whose family came from Dutch settlers and speaks Afrikaans
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word Afrikaner comes from Afrika 'Africa' and the ending -er 'person from', like in New Yorker. It was used for white South Africans whose ancestors were mainly Dutch settlers and who speak Afrikaans, so today an Afrikaner is a member of that community.