South African

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Etymology

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From South Africa-an.

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  • IPA(key): /ˌsaʊθˈaf.ɹɪ.kən/
  • Audio (US):(file)

Noun

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South African (plural South Africans)

South Africans
  1. A person from South Africa or of South African descent.
    • 1989, United States Congress Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. Subcommittee on African Affairs, United States Policy Toward South Africa: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on African Affairs, page 333:
      If dialogue is ever to have a chance, South Africans must find a way to turn away from violence in all its forms — the brutal violence of the sjambok

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South African (not comparable)

  1. Of, from, or pertaining to South Africa, or the South African people.
    • 1989 September 20, Janet Maslin, “Review/Film; Sutherland Catches On To Apartheid Slowly”, in The New York Times[1]:
      Thus far, virtually every cinematic attempt to convey the outrages of South African life under apartheid has been diminished by its own good intentions and by a grim sameness that eradicates any element of surprise.

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