south african dutch in English
noun
1
the Afrikaans language from the 17th to the 19th centuries, during its development from Dutch.
Meerkat is a South African Dutch word meaning ‘lake cat’ since Meerkats are often found near stretches of water.
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1. ‘Homoglossum watsoninum (red Afrikaner) is a gladiolus-like plant that can grow to a metre tall.’ Origin Afrikaans, from South African Dutch Africander, from Dutch Afrikaan ‘an African’ + the personal suffix -der, on the pattern of Hollander ‘Dutchman’.