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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Secretary of State Marco Rubio suggested last week that more Afrikaners are on the way.
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Yonat Shimron, NPR, 21 May 2025
Luxury goods tycoon and Afrikaner Johann Rupert was also in the delegation to help ease Trump’s concerns that land was being seized from white farmers.
—Gerald Imray, Chicago Tribune, 21 May 2025
While Afrikaners make up only about half of South Africa's White population, Mr. Trump's executive order granting refugee status only mentions Afrikaners.
—Caroline Linton, CBS News, 15 May 2025
Ramaphosa says Afrikaners have not suffered persecution and therefore cannot even be considered refugees under the usual meaning of the word.
—Chloe Mayer, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 2025
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.
—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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Yonat Shimron, NPR, 21 May 2025
Luxury goods tycoon and Afrikaner Johann Rupert was also in the delegation to help ease Trump’s concerns that land was being seized from white farmers.
—Gerald Imray, Chicago Tribune, 21 May 2025
While Afrikaners make up only about half of South Africa's White population, Mr. Trump's executive order granting refugee status only mentions Afrikaners.
—Caroline Linton, CBS News, 15 May 2025
Ramaphosa says Afrikaners have not suffered persecution and therefore cannot even be considered refugees under the usual meaning of the word.
—Chloe Mayer, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 2025
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.
—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.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Afrikaner. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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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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