name
Meaning 1
A surname from Dutch.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
Boer
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /bɔː/
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Received-Pronunciation: /bəʊ.ə/
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Received-Pronunciation: /bʊə/
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General-American: /boɹ/
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General-American: /boʊ.ɚ/
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General-American: /bʊɹ/
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rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)
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rhymes with -əʊə(ɹ)
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rhymes with -ʊə(ɹ)
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homophone: boor (some dialects)
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homophone: bore (some dialects)
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homophone: bower (some dialects)
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CMU ARPABET: B AO1 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A Dutch colonist in South Africa during the colonial era, especially a farmer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A militant in the Boer War.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The British soldiers captured a Boer after the battle.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
An Afrikaner, especially a farmer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory, offensive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
a white native of Cape Province who is a descendant of Dutch settlers and who speaks Afrikaans
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Afrikaner, Afrikander
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: South African
History
Etymology
From Dutch Boer, from boer (“farmer”).
From Afrikaans Boer (“Boer”), from boer (“farmer”). Doublet of bauer, boor, and bower.
Across languages
Translations
28 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Dutch: Boer — surname
- Afrikaans: Boer — South African of Dutch descent
- Catalan: bòer — South African of Dutch descent
- Chichewa: Mdatchi — South African of Dutch descent
- Chinese Mandarin: 布爾人 /布尔人 (Bùěrrén) — South African of Dutch descent
- Czech: Búr — South African of Dutch descent
- Dutch: Boer — South African of Dutch descent
- Faroese: boari — South African of Dutch descent
- Finnish: buuri — South African of Dutch descent
- French: Boer — South African of Dutch descent
- German: Bure — South African of Dutch descent
- German: Burin — South African of Dutch descent
- Hungarian: búr — South African of Dutch descent
- Irish: Bórach — South African of Dutch descent
- Italian: boero — South African of Dutch descent
- Māori: Poa — South African of Dutch descent
- Marathi: बोअर (boar) — South African of Dutch descent
- Norwegian Bokmål: boer — South African of Dutch descent
- Norwegian Nynorsk: boar — South African of Dutch descent
- Polish: Bur — South African of Dutch descent
- Portuguese: bóer — South African of Dutch descent
- Portuguese: bôer — South African of Dutch descent
- Russian: бур (bur) — South African of Dutch descent
- Spanish: bóer — South African of Dutch descent
- Swahili: Kaburu — South African of Dutch descent
- Turkish: Boer — South African of Dutch descent
- Ukrainian: бур (bur) — South African of Dutch descent
- Yiddish: בור (bur) — South African of Dutch descent