Af ‧ ri ‧ ka ‧ ner /ˌæfrɪˈkɑːnə $ -ər/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[ Date: 1800-1900 ; Language: Afrikaans ; Origin: 'African' , from Latin africanus ]
a white South African whose first language is Afrikaans and who is usually related to the Dutch people who settled in South Africa in the 1600s ⇨ Boer