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Afrikaner
[af-ri-kah-ner, -kan-er]
noun
an Afrikaans-speaking native of South Africa of European, especially Dutch, descent.
Afrikaner
/ afriˈkaːnə, ˌæfrɪˈkɑːnə /
noun
a White native of the Republic of South Africa whose mother tongue is Afrikaans See also Boer
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of Afrikaner1
Example Sentences
Here is just one: the Episcopal Church refused to participate in the Trump administration's resettlement program for Afrikaners.
More recently, Musk spread widely discredited rumours that the white Afrikaner population of South Africa is facing "genocide" in their home country.
In an essay for the Intercept unpacking the tangled backstory of the five dozen or so Afrikaners recently welcomed as refugees by the U.S.,
The president signed an executive order in February that opened the refugee pathway exclusively to Afrikaners - white South Africans who he claimed were victims of "racial discrimination".
And what of Afriforum - the Afrikaner interest group that tugged at the ears of Trump's supporters for a number of years by lobbying and spreading right-wing propaganda, hoping to be heard?
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