"Boers" meaning in English

See Boers in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: Boerses [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch Boers. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:bor|nl:Boers|text=+|tree=1}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Dutch", "term" : "Boers", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "nl" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "Boers", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="Boers"> Borrowed from Dutch Boers. Head templates: {{en-proper noun|es}} Boers (plural Boerses)
  1. A surname from Dutch.
    Sense id: en-Boers-en-name-21rZqW6t Categories (other): English surnames, English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 62 38 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 79 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 85 15
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} Boers
  1. plural of Boer Tags: form-of, plural Form of: Boer
    Sense id: en-Boers-en-noun-BpwUoL1j
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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