south african

1. 1.

   a native or inhabitant of South Africa

   BroaderAfrican

   NarrowerAfrikaner

   Part ofSouth Africa

1. 1.

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

Questions about south african

What does south african mean?

south african means "a native or inhabitant of South Africa". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

Is south african a common word?

south african is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.