boer

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   historical: a Dutch-speaking settler or farmer in southern Africa, especially an ancestor of the Afrikaner population

   The traveler stayed overnight with a Boer farmer near the Cape.

2. 2
   noun

   a member of a Boer force during the South African Wars

   The Boer rode with a mounted commando during the conflict.

Borrowed from Dutch and Afrikaans boer, literally 'farmer.' English first used the word for Dutch-speaking farmers and settlers at the Cape; it is conventionally capitalized when referring to the historical people.

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