Boer  (bôr, b ōər, b r)
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n. A Dutch colonist or descendant of a Dutch colonist in South Africa.
[Afrikaans, from Dutch boer, farmer, peasant, of Low German or dialectal (northeast Netherlands) Dutch origin; akin to standard Dutch buur, neighbor, from Middle Dutch buur, inhabitant, resident, variant of gebuur; see bheuə- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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