Boer

See also: Appendix:Variations of "boer"

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /bɔː/, /bəʊ.ə/, /bʊə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /boɹ/, /boʊ.ɚ/, /bʊɹ/

  • Audio (US); /boɹ/:

    (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ), -əʊə(ɹ), -ʊə(ɹ)
• Homophones: boor (some dialects), bore (some dialects)

Etymology 1

From Afrikaans Boer (“Boer”), from boer (“farmer”). Doublet of bauer, boor, and bower.

Noun

Boer (plural Boers)

1. (historical) A Dutch colonist in South Africa during the colonial era, especially a farmer.
2. A militant in the Boer War.

   The British soldiers captured a Boer after the battle.

3. (deprecated) An Afrikaner, especially a farmer.
   • 1979, André Brink, A Dry White Season, Vintage, published 1998, page 93:

     ‘I won't say good day to a fucking boer!’ he exploded, swinging round viciously to escape into the angry light outside.

Hyponyms

• trekboer

Translations

South African of Dutch descent

• Afrikaans: Boer (af)
• Catalan: bòer (ca) m or f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 布爾人／布尔人 (Bùěrrén)

• Czech: Búr (cs) m
• Dutch: Boer (nl)
• Faroese: boari m
• Finnish: buuri (fi)
• French: Boer (fr)
• German: Bure (de) m, Burin (de) f
• Hungarian: búr (hu)
• Irish: Bórach m
• Italian: boero (it)
• Maori: Poa
• Marathi: बोअर (boar)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: boer m

  Nynorsk: boar m

• Polish: Bur (pl) 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
• Ukrainian: бур (uk) m (bur)
• Yiddish: בור m (bur)

See also

• Afrikaner
• Asian
• Bantu
• colored

Etymology 2

From Dutch Boer, from boer (“farmer”).

Proper noun

Boer (plural Boers)

1. A surname from Dutch.

Coordinate terms

• Boer goat
• Deboer
• deBoer
• DeBoer
• de Boer
• DenBoer
• Denboer
• denBoer
• Den Boer
• den Boer
• VanBoer
• Vanboer
• vanBoer
• van Boer
• Van Boer
• Van Den Boer
• vanden Boer
• Vanden Boer
• van Den Boer
• van den Boer
• Van den Boer
• Vandenboer

 

Translations

surname

• Afrikaans: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: Boer (nl)

Anagrams

• Bero, Ebor, Ebro, bore, robe

Afrikaans

Etymology

From boer or from South African Dutch Boer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buːr/

Noun

Boer (plural Boere)

1. A Boer; an Afrikaner, especially an inhabitant or descendant of the white inhabitants of the Boer republics.

Descendants

• → English: Boer

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buːr/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: Boer
• Rhymes: -ur
• Homophone: boer

Etymology 1

From boer (“farmer”).

Proper noun

Boer

1. a surname, Boer

Synonyms

• de Boer
• den Boer
• van Boer
• van den Boer

 

Descendants

• English: Boer

Etymology 2

First attested as burstera rede in 1402. Borrowed from West Frisian Boer, derived in turn from Old Frisian buer (“house, cottage”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Boer

Proper noun

Boer n

1. A village in Waadhoeke, Friesland, Netherlands.

References

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

Romanian

Etymology

From boier.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

Boer m (genitive/dative lui Boer)

1. a surname