Boer

noun
🔊/bɔː(r)/
🔊/bɔːr/
🔊South African English [buːr]
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  1. a South African whose family originally came from the Netherlands布尔人(即荷裔南非人)
    • the Boer War (= the war between the Boers and the British, 1899–1902)布尔战争(1899 至 1902 年间布尔人与英国人的战争)
    see also Afrikaner
  2. boer
    (South African English) a farmer农民;农夫Topics Farmingc2
  3. boer
    (South African English, disapproving) used to refer to a member of the police or the army, especially in the past(旧时用以指)警察,当兵的
  4. Word Originfrom Dutch boer ‘farmer’.