Definition of "olifant" [ol•i•fant]

• An elephant. (noun)
• An ancient horn, made of ivory. (noun)

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• "Listen for the word "molen" (=mill) and "olifant" (no translation needed, right?)"
• "Also, Dutch 'volgen' has no ordinary use 'to understand' or to 'hear', and I doubt whether anyone in the 13th century had ever seen an 'olifant' in this part of Europe..."
• "Owing to an olifant waving its ears at us within cricket ball distance we did not get back to Skukuza before the gates shut."