a person from South Africa, usually of Dutch origin, whose first language is Afrikaans 阿非利堪人（以南非荷兰语为第一语言的南非人，常为荷兰裔） Word OriginAfrikaans, from South African Dutch Africander, from Dutch Afrikaan ‘an African’ + the personal suffix -der, on the pattern of Hollander ‘Dutchman’.