Boer

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

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) From Afrikaans boer (“farmer”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʊəɹ/, /bɔɹ/, /ˈbɔəɹ/

Noun

Boer (plural Boers)

1. 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.

2. 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)
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• Maori: Poa
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: boer m

  Nynorsk: boar m

• Portuguese: bóer m or f (Portugal), bôer (pt) m or f (Brazil)
• Russian: бур (ru) m (bur)
• Spanish: bóer (es) m or f
• Swahili: Kaburu
• Turkish: Boer
• Yiddish: בור m (bur)

See also

• Afrikaner
• Asian
• Bantu
• colored

Anagrams

• Bero, Ebor, Ebro, bore, robe