Boer
pronunciation
How to pronounce Boer in British English:
UK [bɔ:(r)]
How to pronounce Boer in American English:
US [bor, bɔr, bʊr]
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- Noun:
- a white native of Cape Province who is a descendant of Dutch settlers and who speaks Afrikaans
Word Origin
- Boer (n.)
- "Dutch colonist in South Africa," 1824, from Dutch boer "farmer," from Middle Dutch, cognate with Old English gebur "dweller, farmer, peasant," and thus related to bower, German Bauer, and the final syllable of neighbor (see boor). Boer War (1899-1902) was technically the Second Boer War, there having been a brief preview 1880-1881.
Example
- 1. He left the army and became a newspaper correspondent in the boer war .
- 2. An organized force of boer troops in south africa .
- 3. A spokeswoman for mr. de boer said he was unavailable for additional comment .
- 4. Canadian artist jeff de boer decided that animals can also be gladiators and medieval knights , thus they should have their own defense costumes .
- 5. Perhaps unsurprisingly , de boer was a rare optimistic voice amid the clamour of blame and recrimination .