Boer

See also: boer, bóer, bôer, bör, bœr, and -boer

English

Etymology

From Afrikaans boer (“farmer”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bʊəɹ/, /bɔɹ/, /bɔəɹ/

Noun

Boer (plural Boers)

A Dutch colonist in South Africa, or one of their (white) descendants, especially a farmer; an Afrikaner.
- 1979, André Brink, A Dry White Season, Vintage 1998, p. 93:
  ‘I won't say good day to a fucking boer!’ he exploded, swinging round viciously to escape into the angry light outside.
A militant in the Boer War

Translations

South African of Dutch descent

Afrikaans: Boer (af), Boere pl
Czech: Búr (cs) m
Dutch: Boer
Faroese: boari m
Finnish: buuri (fi)
French: Boer (fr)
German: Bure (de) m, Burin f
Hungarian: búr (hu)
Irish: Bórach m

Italian: boero (it)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: boer m

Nynorsk: boar m
Portuguese: bóer m, f (Portugal), bôer (pt) m, f (Brazil)
Russian: бур (ru) m (bur)
Spanish: bóer (es) m, f
Swahili: Kaburu
Turkish: Boer

See also

Anagrams

Bero, Ebro, bore, robe

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