Afrikaner
noun
Af·ri·ka·ner
ˌa-fri-ˈkä-nər 
often attributive
: a South African of European descent whose native language is Afrikaans
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At the same time, the Afrikaner Orania Movement, an Afrikaner settlement, has stated its desire to be treated by the U.S. as a state within a state in South Africa.
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Paul Tilsley, FOXNews.com, 13 Apr. 2025
Even the main Afrikaner civic organization, AfriForum, said that Afrikaners are unlikely to take up Trump’s offer to resettle in the United States.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2025
The fall of South African apartheid 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.
—Benjamin Case, The Conversation, 6 Feb. 2024
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Paul Tilsley, FOXNews.com, 13 Apr. 2025
Even the main Afrikaner civic organization, AfriForum, said that Afrikaners are unlikely to take up Trump’s offer to resettle in the United States.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2025
The fall of South African apartheid 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.
—Benjamin Case, The Conversation, 6 Feb. 2024
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Afrikaner
noun
Af·ri·ka·ner
ˌaf-ri-ˈkän-ər
: a person born in South Africa whose native language is Afrikaans and whose ancestors were from Europe
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