"bor" meaning in English

See bor in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: bors [plural]
Etymology: Possibly from Old English ġebūr (“freeholder of the lowest class, peasant, farmer”) Etymology templates: {{inh|en|ang|ġebūr|t=freeholder of the lowest class, peasant, farmer}} Old English ġebūr (“freeholder of the lowest class, peasant, farmer”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} bor (plural bors)
  1. (Norfolk, Suffolk) man (not used for children). Tags: Norfolk

Inflected forms

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Download raw JSONL data for bor meaning in English (1.0kB)

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