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Definition of Boer noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Boer

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