A South African colonist or immigrant of Dutch birth or descent. Also attributive or as adj., and Comb.

A Dutch-speaking or (later) Afrikaans-speaking white inhabitant of South Africa, usually of Dutch, German, or Huguenot descent; also…

= Afrikaner, n. 2. Now historical and rare.

(a) South Africans of Dutch extraction regarded collectively; (b) the Dutch spoken in South Africa; also as adj.

(a) a Boer who moved his family and grazing stock from place to place; (b) = Voortrekker, n.; (also) a participant in a later migration of Afrikaners.

Cape Dutch or Afrikaans, as distinguished from standard Netherlands Dutch. Now historical.

= trek Boer n. (a) above.

An Afrikaner; a white South African of Dutch, German, or Huguenot descent. Also occasionally: any white South African.

Used as a depreciative term for an Afrikaner. Also as a playful or affectionate mode of address.