SOUTH AFRICAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does South African mean? 

• SOUTH AFRICAN (noun)
  The noun SOUTH AFRICAN has 1 sense:

1. a native or inhabitant of South Africa

  Familiarity information: SOUTH AFRICAN used as a noun is very rare.

• SOUTH AFRICAN (adjective)
  The adjective SOUTH AFRICAN has 1 sense:

1. of or pertaining to or characteristic of South Africa or its people

  Familiarity information: SOUTH AFRICAN used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SOUTH AFRICAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A native or inhabitant of South Africa

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("South African" is a kind of...):

African (a native or inhabitant of Africa)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "South African"):

Afrikander; Afrikaner; Boer (a white native of Cape Province who is a descendant of Dutch settlers and who speaks Afrikaans)

Holonyms ("South African" is a member of...):

Republic of South Africa; South Africa (a republic at the southernmost part of Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1910; first European settlers were Dutch (known as Boers))

• SOUTH AFRICAN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or pertaining to or characteristic of South Africa or its people

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

South Africa (a republic at the southernmost part of Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1910; first European settlers were Dutch (known as Boers))

Derivation:

South Africa (a republic at the southernmost part of Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1910; first European settlers were Dutch (known as Boers))

 Context examples 

An inhibitor of microtubule polymerization derived from the South African willow bush which causes mitotic arrest and selectively targets and reduces or destroys existing blood vessels, causing decreased tumor blood supply.

(Combretastatin A-4, NCI Thesaurus)

“So, Watson,” said he, suddenly, “you do not propose to invest in South African securities?”

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A synthetic water-soluble analogue of combretastatin A4, derived from the South African willow bush (Combretum caffrum), with potential vascular-disrupting and antineoplastic activities.

(Ombrabulin, NCI Thesaurus)

Discovered in 1964, this virus has been associated with Burkitt's lymphoma in South African children and with nasopharyngeal carcinoma in Asian populations.

(Epstein-Barr virus, NCI Thesaurus)

A synthetic water-soluble analogue of combretastatin A4, derived from the South African willow bush (Combretum caffrum), labeled with carbon C 14 with potential antineoplastic activity.

(Carbon C 14 Ombrabulin, NCI Thesaurus)

He is deeply interested in South African gold shares.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

You told me, four weeks ago, that Thurston had an option on some South African property which would expire in a month, and which he desired you to share with him.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)