Boer

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Boer /bɔː, bʊə $ bɔːr, bʊr/ noun [countable]  SANa white South African whose family is related to the Dutch people who settled in South Africa in the 1600s 布尔人〔南非白人，17世纪荷兰的后裔〕 → Afrikaner

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Boer• I was comforted when Matata showed me a Boer war rifle wrapped in rags in the bottom of the canoe.• I missed Matata's sixth sense and the Boer war rifle.• This was the one international issue between the Boer War and 1914 which mobilized large public demonstrations.• Once again, however, it took the fears engendered by the Boer War to arouse widespread interest in the issue.• She was converted to pacifism by the Quaker Hilda Clark, while at university during the Boer war.• Small wonder that, by the time of the Boer War, the pacifists felt like a small and beleaguered minority.Origin Boer (1800-1900) Afrikaans Dutch boer “farmer”

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Boer /bɔː, bʊə $ bɔːr, bʊr/ noun [countable]a white South African whose family is related to the Dutch people who settled in South Africa in the 1600s ⇨ Afrikaner

BoerBrE /bɔː(r)/ 🔊NAmE /bɔːr/ 🔊 nouna South African whose family originally came from the Netherlands 布尔人（即荷裔南非人）◆the Boer War (= the war between the Boers and the British, 1899–1902) 布尔战争（1899 至 1902 年间布尔人与英国人的战争）  ➡  see also Afrikaner boer (SAfrE) a farmer 农民；农夫boer (SAfrE, disapproving) used to refer to a member of the police or the army, especially in the past （旧时用以指）警察，当兵的