Cape Dutch

noun

The people of the Western Cape of South Africa, descended from Dutch and other European immigrants and their Asian and African slaves, who remained more or less loyal subjects of European powers into the 19th century.

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Meanings

nounCape Dutch pl (plural only)
  1. pluralplural onlyThe people of the Western Cape of South Africa, descended from Dutch and other European immigrants and their Asian and African slaves, who remained more or less loyal subjects of European powers into the 19th century.
  2. South Africadatedderogatoryethnicoffensivepluralplural onlyslurAfrikaner people
proper noun
  1. A Dutch dialect of South Africa, which developed into Afrikaans.
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APA

Cape Dutch. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cape%20Dutch

MLA

“Cape Dutch.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cape%20Dutch. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Cape Dutch,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cape%20Dutch.

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