Afrikaner
/ˌæfrɪˈkɑːnə(r)/noun
1
- an Afrikaans-speaking white person in South Africa, especially one descended from the Dutch and Huguenot settlers of the 17th century阿非利堪人(讲阿非利堪斯语的南非白人, 尤指17世纪移民中荷兰人和胡格诺教徒的后裔)。
2
- S. African a gladiolus native to southern Africa〈南非〉唐菖蒲。
2.1
- Gladiolus and related genera, family Iridaceae.唐菖蒲及相关属, 鸢尾科。
派生词
Afrikanerdom
noun词源
Afrikaans, from South African Dutch Africander, from Dutch Afrikaan 'an African'+the personal suffix -der, on the pattern of Hollander 'Dutchman'.