Definition of South african

1. Noun. A native or inhabitant of South Africa.

Group relationships: Republic Of South Africa, South Africa
Generic synonyms: African
Specialized synonyms: Afrikander, Afrikaner, Boer

2. Adjective. Of or pertaining to or characteristic of South Africa or its people.
Partainyms: South Africa
Derivative terms: South Africa

Definition of South african

1. Noun. A person from South Africa or of South African descent. ¹

2. Adjective. Of, from, or pertaining to South Africa, or the South African people. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of South African

Soufflot
Soulagean
Soundex
Soundexes
Soup Bowl
Sourashtra
Sourashtras
Sousa
Sousse
South
South-African yellowwood
South-Central Dravidian
South Aegean
South Africa
South African
South African Dutch
South African English
South African Sign Language
South African monetary unit
South African tick-bite fever
South African type porphyria
South Africans
South America
South American
South American Indian
South American bullfrog
South American country
South American nation
South American poison toad

Literary usage of South african

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bulletin of the New York Public Library by New York Public Library (1899)
"Great Britain . . . and the south african Republic for the exchange of ... Correspondence relating to the Explosives Monopoly in the south african Republic. ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"south african WAR, a conflict (1899- 1902) between Great Britain and the South African ... On 9 October the south african Republic presented an ultimatum, ..."

3. The Economics of Apartheid by Stephen R. Lewis (1990)
"south african Statistics. 1982. For 1985, C. Cooper et ai., Race Relations (Johannesburg: south african Institute of Race Relations, 1986), citing South ..."

4. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1878)
"THE south african QUESTION. IP it were not for the more burning question nearer home, on which all thoughts have now for long been centred, the " South ..."

5. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1914)
"For years most were inclined to agree with Cope in recognizing a close affinity with the south african mammal-like types. Then from 1897 onwards almost all ..."

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