"Boer" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈbʊɚ/, /bɔː(ɹ)/, /ˈbɔɚ/, /bo(ɹ)/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-JutishMale-Boer.wav [US] Forms: Boers [plural]
Rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ), -ɔː(ɹ), -ɔɚ Etymology: From Dutch Boer, from boer (“farmer”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*bʰuH-}}, {{bor|en|nl|Boer}} Dutch Boer, {{m|nl|boer|gloss=farmer}} boer (“farmer”) Head templates: {{en-proper-noun|s}} Boer (plural Boers)
  1. A surname from Dutch. Translations (surname): Boer (Dutch)
    Sense id: en-Boer-en-name-21rZqW6t Categories (other): English surnames 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
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /ˈbʊɚ/, /bɔː(ɹ)/, /ˈbɔɚ/, /bo(ɹ)/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-JutishMale-Boer.wav [US] Forms: Boers [plural]
Rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ), -ɔː(ɹ), -ɔɚ Etymology: From Afrikaans Boer (“Boer”), from boer (“farmer”). Doublet of bauer, boor, and bower. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*bʰuH-}}, {{der|en|af|Boer||Boer}} Afrikaans Boer (“Boer”), {{m|af|boer||farmer}} boer (“farmer”), {{doublet|en|bauer|boor|bower|id3=farmer}} Doublet of bauer, boor, and bower Head templates: {{en-noun}} Boer (plural Boers)
  1. (historical) A Dutch colonist in South Africa during the colonial era, especially a farmer. Tags: historical Translations (South African of Dutch descent): Boer (Afrikaans), bòer [feminine, masculine] (Catalan), 布爾人 (Chinese Mandarin), 布尔人 (Bùěrrén) (Chinese Mandarin), Búr [masculine] (Czech), Boer (Dutch), boari [masculine] (Faroese), buuri (Finnish), Boer (French), Bure [masculine] (German), Burin [feminine] (German), búr (Hungarian), Bórach [masculine] (Irish), boero (Italian), Poa (Maori), boer [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), boar [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), Bur [masculine] (Polish), bóer [Portugal, feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), bôer [Brazil, feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), бур (bur) [masculine] (Russian), bóer [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), Kaburu (Swahili), Boer (Turkish), бур (bur) [masculine] (Ukrainian), בור (bur) [masculine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-Boer-en-noun-B-VYDjGW Disambiguation of 'South African of Dutch descent': 80 11 9
  2. A militant in the Boer War. Hyponyms: trekboer Related terms: Afrikaner, Asian, Bantu, colored
    Sense id: en-Boer-en-noun-ywzhZY6o Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 18 49 18
  3. (deprecated) An Afrikaner, especially a farmer. Tags: proscribed
    Sense id: en-Boer-en-noun-jAANTaog
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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      "rhymes": "-ɔː(ɹ)"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɔɚ"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "bore (some dialects)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-JutishMale-Boer.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/90/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-JutishMale-Boer.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-JutishMale-Boer.wav.mp3",
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      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "South African of Dutch descent",
      "word": "Boer"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "South African of Dutch descent",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bòer"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "South African of Dutch descent",
      "word": "布爾人"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Bùěrrén",
      "sense": "South African of Dutch descent",
      "word": "布尔人"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "South African of Dutch descent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Búr"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "South African of Dutch descent",
      "word": "Boer"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "South African of Dutch descent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "boari"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "South African of Dutch descent",
      "word": "buuri"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "South African of Dutch descent",
      "word": "Boer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "South African of Dutch descent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Bure"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "South African of Dutch descent",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Burin"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "South African of Dutch descent",
      "word": "búr"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "South African of Dutch descent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Bórach"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "South African of Dutch descent",
      "word": "boero"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "South African of Dutch descent",
      "word": "Poa"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "South African of Dutch descent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "boer"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "South African of Dutch descent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "boar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "South African of Dutch descent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Bur"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "South African of Dutch descent",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal",
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bóer"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "South African of Dutch descent",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil",
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bôer"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bur",
      "sense": "South African of Dutch descent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "бур"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "South African of Dutch descent",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bóer"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "South African of Dutch descent",
      "word": "Kaburu"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "South African of Dutch descent",
      "word": "Boer"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "bur",
      "sense": "South African of Dutch descent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "бур"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "bur",
      "sense": "South African of Dutch descent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "בור"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Boer"
}

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    "English 2-syllable words",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English proper nouns",
    "English terms borrowed from Dutch",
    "English terms derived from Dutch",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰuH-",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English terms with homophones",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "Rhymes:English/ɔɚ",
    "Rhymes:English/ɔɚ/1 syllable",
    "Rhymes:English/ɔː(ɹ)",
    "Rhymes:English/ɔː(ɹ)/1 syllable",
    "Rhymes:English/ʊə(ɹ)",
    "Rhymes:English/ʊə(ɹ)/1 syllable"
  ],
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    {
      "word": "Boer goat"
    },
    {
      "word": "Deboer"
    },
    {
      "word": "deBoer"
    },
    {
      "word": "DeBoer"
    },
    {
      "word": "de Boer"
    },
    {
      "word": "DenBoer"
    },
    {
      "word": "Denboer"
    },
    {
      "word": "denBoer"
    },
    {
      "word": "Den Boer"
    },
    {
      "word": "den Boer"
    },
    {
      "word": "VanBoer"
    },
    {
      "word": "Vanboer"
    },
    {
      "word": "vanBoer"
    },
    {
      "word": "van Boer"
    },
    {
      "word": "Van Boer"
    },
    {
      "word": "Van Den Boer"
    },
    {
      "word": "vanden Boer"
    },
    {
      "word": "Vanden Boer"
    },
    {
      "word": "van Den Boer"
    },
    {
      "word": "van den Boer"
    },
    {
      "word": "Van den Boer"
    },
    {
      "word": "Vandenboer"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*bʰuH-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "nl",
        "3": "Boer"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch Boer",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "boer",
        "gloss": "farmer"
      },
      "expansion": "boer (“farmer”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Dutch Boer, from boer (“farmer”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Boers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "s"
      },
      "expansion": "Boer (plural Boers)",
      "name": "en-proper-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English surnames",
        "English surnames from Dutch"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A surname from Dutch."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
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          "surname"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbʊɚ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bɔː(ɹ)/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbɔɚ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bo(ɹ)/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʊə(ɹ)"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɔː(ɹ)"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɔɚ"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "bore (some dialects)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-JutishMale-Boer.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/90/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-JutishMale-Boer.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-JutishMale-Boer.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/90/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-JutishMale-Boer.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-JutishMale-Boer.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "surname",
      "word": "Boer"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Boer"
}

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