Boer
noun/bɔː(r)/
/bɔːr/
South African English [buːr]
- a South African whose family originally came from the Netherlands
- the Boer War (= the war between the Boers and the British, 1899–1902)
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- boer(South African English) a farmerTopics Farmingc2
- boer(South African English, disapproving) used to refer to a member of the police or the army, especially in the past
Word Originfrom Dutch boer ‘farmer’.
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