Boer
/boɹ/ noun C2- A Dutch colonist in South Africa during the colonial era, especially a farmer.
- A militant in the Boer War. · The British soldiers captured a Boer after the battle.
- An Afrikaner, especially a farmer.
Plural Boers
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We were clearing brother Boer, but he lay low and got the three of us.
I find from my notebook that it was in January, 1903, just after the conclusion of the Boer War, that I had my visit from Mr.
He pulled me out once from under the rifles of the Boers, or maybe I should not be here.'
"But when a man has been soldiering for a year or two with brother Boer as a playmate, he keeps his nerve and acts quickly.
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