a. [ L. Africus, Africanus, fr. Afer African. ] Of or pertaining to Africa. [ 1913 Webster ]
African hemp,
African marigold,
African oak
African teak
African violet
African-American,
n. A native of Africa; also one ethnologically belonging to an African race. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj.
n.
n. One born in Africa, the offspring of a white father and a “colored” mother. Also, and now commonly in Southern Africa, a native born of European settlers. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Zool.) same as African wild dog.
n. A word, phrase, idiom, or custom peculiar to Africa or Africans. “The knotty Africanisms . . . of the fathers.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To place under the domination of Africans or negroes. [ Amer. ] Bartlett. [ 1913 Webster ]
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