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1. ACF in A, n. View full entry 1912
...Active Citizen Force....
2. AWB in A, n. View full entry 1974
...the Afrikaner Resistance Movement, a far-right paramilitary Afrikaner organization, established in 1973....
3. aandblom, n. View full entry 1793
...Any of several evening-scented wild flowers of the family Iridaceae; esp. Hesperantha falcata, which has fragrant white flowers that open in the late afternoon....
4. aandblommetjie, n. View full entry 1870
...= aandblom...
5. abakwetha, adj. and n. View full entry 1846
...Of or relating to the traditional initiation period or ritual symbolizing passage into manhood among Xhosas....
6. abakwetha, adj. and n. View full entry 1856
...A young Xhosa man who is undergoing ritual initiation into manhood at a traditional school. Chiefly in pl....
7. abakwetha, adj. and n. View full entry 1875
...Among Xhosas: the traditional initiation period or ritual symbolizing passage into manhood....
8. abatagati, n. View full entry 1859
...With pl. concord. Esp. among the Nguni peoples: witches or wizards as a class; practitioners of evil magic. Cf. umtagati1....
9. Abelungu, n. View full entry 1836
...With sing. or pl. concord. White people collectively. Cf. mlungu, umlungu2....
10. absolution, n. View full entry 1870
...S. Afr. In full absolution from the instance. A form of judgment by which a provisional acquittal is granted, with allowance made for the reinstitution of proceedings once further...
11. absolve, v. View full entry 1844
...S. Afr.to absolve from the instance and variants: to grant a provisional acquittal to (a defendant), pending a possible reinstitution of proceedings if further evidence is obtained. Cf. absolution...
12. ace, n.1 and adj. (and int.) View full entry 1904
...Austral., N.Z., and S. Afr.slang. on one's ace: on one's own....
13. Active Citizen Force in active, adj. and n. View full entry 1911
...(originally) a division of the Union Defence Forces; (in later use) a division of the reserve forces of the South African Defence Force....
14. adam's fig, n. View full entry 1907
...S. Afr. Now usu. in form Adam fig. A variety of the common fig tree, Ficus carica, grown in South Africa, having large brown fruit (more fully...
15. Af, n. View full entry 1974
...In southern Africa, esp. in Zimbabwe and South Africa: a black African....
16. African, n. and adj. View full entry eOE
...A native or inhabitant of Africa; a person of African origin (contextually = black African(a)black5a); spec. (in local usage) such a person as distinguished from...
17. African, n. and adj. View full entry 1548
...Of or relating to Africa (originally with reference to the ancient Roman province of Africa; subsequently to the continent as a whole); belonging to or characteristic of the inhabitants of Africa, esp....
18. Africanism, n. View full entry 1944
...In South Africa: the belief that black African values should predominate in Africa and that black Africans should achieve political control without assistance from whites. Also more widely, with reference to other...
19. after-ox in after-, prefix View full entry 1822
...one of the hindmost pair in a team of draught oxen....
20. after-rider in after-, prefix View full entry 1824
...a mounted groom or other attendant....
