The term 'Animal South African' can be summarized by the crossword solution BOER, which is a four-letter word. BOER is a Dutch and Afrikaans word meaning farmer, which was used to describe the descendants of the Dutch-speaking settlers of the eastern Cape frontier in Southern Africa during the 18th and 19th centuries. The Boers were also known as Afrikaners and were the first permanent settlers of South Africa. They were mainly farmers and herders who kept animals such as cattle, sheep, and goats.