"boor" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /bʊə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /bɔː/ (note: cure–force merger), /bʊɹ/ [General-American], /bɔɹ/ (note: cure–force merger) Audio: en-us-boor.ogg [US] Forms: boors [plural]
enPR: bo͝or Rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ) Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch boer (“peasant”). Doublet of bauer, Boer, and bower (“peasant, farmer”). Etymology templates: {{dercat|en|dum|odt|gmw-pro|gem-pro}}, {{bor|en|nl|boer||peasant}} Dutch boer (“peasant”), {{doublet|en|bauer|Boer|bower|id3=farmer|t3=peasant, farmer}} Doublet of bauer, Boer, and bower (“peasant, farmer”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} boor (plural boors)
  1. A peasant. Translations (a peasant): селянин (seljanin) [masculine] (Bulgarian), boer [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), rustre (French), cafone [masculine] (Italian), bifolco [masculine] (Italian), becero [masculine] (Italian), buzzurro [masculine] (Italian), burino (Italian), țăran [masculine] (Romanian), huaso [Chile, masculine] (Spanish), köylü (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-boor-en-noun-~aLYVgcs Disambiguation of 'a peasant': 74 6 19 1
  2. A Boer, white South African of Dutch or Huguenot descent. Categories (topical): People Translations (a Boer, white South African of Dutch or Huguenot descent): бур (bur) [masculine] (Bulgarian), buro (Esperanto), boero [masculine] (Italian), Bur [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-boor-en-noun-EgMyBBDM Disambiguation of People: 22 61 16 0 Disambiguation of 'a Boer, white South African of Dutch or Huguenot descent': 1 93 3 3
  3. A yokel, country bumpkin. Translations (a yokel): buran [masculine] (Czech), plouc [masculine] (French), αγροίκος (agroíkos) [masculine] (Greek), țăran [masculine] (Romanian), bădăran [masculine] (Romanian), mojic [masculine] (Romanian), paleto [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-boor-en-noun-c0OJGImM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 9 62 21 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 12 8 70 10 Disambiguation of 'a yokel': 4 7 89 0
  4. An uncultured person. Translations (an uncultured person): грубиян (grubijan) [masculine] (Bulgarian), buran [masculine] (Czech), neotesanec [masculine] (Czech), primitiv [masculine] (Czech), jyväjemmari [derogatory] (Finnish), moukka (Finnish), beauf [masculine] (French), mufle [masculine] (French), pignouf [masculine] (French), plouc [masculine] (French), rustre [masculine] (French), pailán (Galician), pailaroco (Galician), paifoco (Galician), paiolo (Galician), paduán (Galician), badoco (Galician), αγροίκος (agroíkos) [masculine] (Greek), abhlóir [masculine] (Irish), amhlán [masculine] (Irish), cafone [masculine] (Italian), rupex [masculine] (Latin), هودوك (hödük) (Ottoman Turkish), چوبان (çoban) (Ottoman Turkish), ارنئوت (arna'wt) (Persian), prostak [masculine] (Polish), cham [masculine] (Polish), rústico [masculine] (Portuguese), necioplit [masculine] (Romanian), incult [masculine] (Romanian), хам (xam) [masculine] (Russian), ха́мка (xámka) [feminine] (Russian), грубия́н (grubiján) [masculine] (Russian), грубия́нка (grubijánka) [feminine] (Russian), мужи́к (mužík) [masculine] (Russian), patán [masculine] (Spanish), cateto [masculine] (Spanish), paleto [masculine] (Spanish), tölp [common-gender] (Swedish), bonnläpp [common-gender] (Swedish), hödük (Turkish), kıro [informal] (Turkish), grobälan [feminine, masculine] (Volapük), higrobälan [masculine] (Volapük), jigrobälan [feminine] (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-boor-en-noun-0~xWZPTB Disambiguation of 'an uncultured person': 1 13 6 80
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: boorish, boorishly, boorishness

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "an uncultured person",
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "an uncultured person",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "mufle"
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          "_dis1": "1 13 6 80",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "an uncultured person",
          "tags": [
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          "sense": "an uncultured person",
          "tags": [
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          "sense": "an uncultured person",
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          "code": "gl",
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          "sense": "an uncultured person",
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          "_dis1": "1 13 6 80",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "an uncultured person",
          "word": "pailaroco"
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 13 6 80",
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          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "an uncultured person",
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        {
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "an uncultured person",
          "word": "paiolo"
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        {
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "an uncultured person",
          "word": "paduán"
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "an uncultured person",
          "word": "badoco"
        },
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          "_dis1": "1 13 6 80",
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          "roman": "agroíkos",
          "sense": "an uncultured person",
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          ],
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          "sense": "an uncultured person",
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          "word": "abhlóir"
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        {
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          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "an uncultured person",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "amhlán"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 13 6 80",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "an uncultured person",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "cafone"
        },
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          "_dis1": "1 13 6 80",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "an uncultured person",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "rupex"
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          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "hödük",
          "sense": "an uncultured person",
          "word": "هودوك"
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          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "çoban",
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          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
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          "sense": "an uncultured person",
          "word": "ارنئوت"
        },
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "an uncultured person",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "prostak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 13 6 80",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "an uncultured person",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cham"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 13 6 80",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "an uncultured person",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "rústico"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 13 6 80",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "an uncultured person",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "necioplit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 13 6 80",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "an uncultured person",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "incult"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 13 6 80",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "xam",
          "sense": "an uncultured person",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "хам"
        },
        {
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "xámka",
          "sense": "an uncultured person",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "ха́мка"
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          "roman": "grubiján",
          "sense": "an uncultured person",
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          "roman": "grubijánka",
          "sense": "an uncultured person",
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          "word": "грубия́нка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 13 6 80",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "mužík",
          "sense": "an uncultured person",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "мужи́к"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 13 6 80",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "an uncultured person",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "patán"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 13 6 80",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "an uncultured person",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cateto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 13 6 80",
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "an uncultured person",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "paleto"
        },
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          "_dis1": "1 13 6 80",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "an uncultured person",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "tölp"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 13 6 80",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "an uncultured person",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "bonnläpp"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 13 6 80",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "an uncultured person",
          "word": "hödük"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 13 6 80",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "an uncultured person",
          "tags": [
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            "masculine"
          ],
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        "General-American"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/bɔɹ/",
      "note": "cure–force merger"
    },
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      "homophone": "Boer"
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      "homophone": "boar (cure–force merger)"
    },
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      "homophone": "bore (cure–force merger)"
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    }
  ],
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}
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    "English terms derived from Old Dutch",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English terms with homophones",
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      "name": "dercat"
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      "roman": "seljanin",
      "sense": "a peasant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "селянин"
    },
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      "sense": "a peasant",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "boer"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a peasant",
      "word": "rustre"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a peasant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cafone"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a peasant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bifolco"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a peasant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "becero"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a peasant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "buzzurro"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a peasant",
      "word": "burino"
    },
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a peasant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "țăran"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a peasant",
      "tags": [
        "Chile",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "huaso"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a peasant",
      "word": "köylü"
    },
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "bur",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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      "sense": "a Boer, white South African of Dutch or Huguenot descent",
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    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a Boer, white South African of Dutch or Huguenot descent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "boero"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a Boer, white South African of Dutch or Huguenot descent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Bur"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "a yokel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "buran"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a yokel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "plouc"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "agroíkos",
      "sense": "a yokel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "αγροίκος"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a yokel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "țăran"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a yokel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bădăran"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a yokel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mojic"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a yokel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "paleto"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "grubijan",
      "sense": "an uncultured person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "грубиян"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "an uncultured person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "buran"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "an uncultured person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "neotesanec"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "an uncultured person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "primitiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "an uncultured person",
      "tags": [
        "derogatory"
      ],
      "word": "jyväjemmari"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "an uncultured person",
      "word": "moukka"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "an uncultured person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "beauf"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "an uncultured person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mufle"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "an uncultured person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pignouf"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "an uncultured person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "plouc"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "an uncultured person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rustre"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "an uncultured person",
      "word": "pailán"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "an uncultured person",
      "word": "pailaroco"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "an uncultured person",
      "word": "paifoco"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "an uncultured person",
      "word": "paiolo"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "an uncultured person",
      "word": "paduán"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "an uncultured person",
      "word": "badoco"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "agroíkos",
      "sense": "an uncultured person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "αγροίκος"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "an uncultured person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "abhlóir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "an uncultured person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "amhlán"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "an uncultured person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cafone"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "an uncultured person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rupex"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "hödük",
      "sense": "an uncultured person",
      "word": "هودوك"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "çoban",
      "sense": "an uncultured person",
      "word": "چوبان"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "arna'wt",
      "sense": "an uncultured person",
      "word": "ارنئوت"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "an uncultured person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "prostak"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "an uncultured person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cham"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "an uncultured person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rústico"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "an uncultured person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "necioplit"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "an uncultured person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "incult"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "xam",
      "sense": "an uncultured person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "хам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "xámka",
      "sense": "an uncultured person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ха́мка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "grubiján",
      "sense": "an uncultured person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "грубия́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "grubijánka",
      "sense": "an uncultured person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "грубия́нка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mužík",
      "sense": "an uncultured person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "мужи́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "an uncultured person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "patán"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "an uncultured person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cateto"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "an uncultured person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "paleto"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "an uncultured person",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "tölp"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "an uncultured person",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "bonnläpp"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "an uncultured person",
      "word": "hödük"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "an uncultured person",
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "kıro"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "an uncultured person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "grobälan"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "an uncultured person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "higrobälan"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "an uncultured person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "jigrobälan"
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  ],
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}

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