Definition of Boer in English:

Boer

nounbɔːˈbəʊəbʊə

1historical A member of the Dutch and Huguenot population which settled in southern Africa in the late 17th century. The Boers' present-day descendants are the Afrikaners.
布尔人（指17世纪末期定居在南非的荷兰人及胡格诺派教徒）
Example sentencesExamples
- Events in South Africa were not dissimilar, but were complicated by the presence of the Boers.
- Although they were called Boers, the Dutch word for farmer, it would be a mistake to think of all the Afrikaner trekkers and their descendants essentially as farmers.
- The truth is that in two hundred years the stiffest opposition the British faced in Africa were the Boers and the Afrika Korps.
- During the 16th and 17th centuries, Dutch, Boers, Germans, and Huguenots migrated to South Africa, and these people brought with them their own European hunting dogs.
- The war arose from rivalry between Britain's claim to be the paramount power in southern Africa and the desire of the Boers (descendants of Dutch settlers) for autonomy.
- The first major activity of the new federation was to send Australian troops to South Africa to fight the Boers.
- The crisis in South Africa which caused the war was the culmination of 250 years of expansion and conflict between the Boers, mainly Dutch, and British settlers.
- The Australians fought again in Africa at the end of the century, supporting the British fight against the Boers in South Africa.
- The Boers or Afrikaners, as the descendants of the Dutch called themselves, ceded the Cape to Great Britain in an 1814 treaty.
- The British endured similar military embarrassment at the hands of Indians, Afghans, Zulus and Boers.
2South African An Afrikaner farmer.
〈南非〉南非白人农民；布尔人农民
3South African informal (under apartheid) a member of the police, prison service, or security forces.
〈南非，非正式〉（种族隔离制度下的）警员；狱吏；保安部队士兵
Example sentencesExamples
- The boers arrived in trucks and told us, ‘jump in, we are going to KwaNobuhle.'

adjectivebɔːˈbəʊəbʊə

historical

Relating to the Boers.
布尔人的
Example sentencesExamples
- They had been found guilty by court martial of killing Boer prisoners.
- Under his command the concentration camp was invented to contain Boer women, children and elderly men removed from their farms.
- The immediate and direct result of the surrender was that the two former Boer republics lost their independence and had to submit to British sovereignty.
- Du Plessis admitted that a video about the prophesies of Boer prophet Siener van Rensburg had not incited anyone to violence and in fact took the form of a warning to people to turn to God.
- This meant the destruction of Boer farms, the confiscation of horses, cattle and wagons and the rounding up of the inhabitants, usually women and children.

Origin

From Dutch boer 'farmer'.

Rhymes

abhor, adore, afore, anymore, ashore, awe, bandore, Bangalore, before, boar, bore, caw, chore, claw, cocksure, comprador, cor, core, corps, craw, Delors, deplore, door, draw, drawer, evermore, explore, flaw, floor, for, forbore, fore, foresaw, forevermore, forswore, four, fourscore, furthermore, Gábor, galore, gnaw, gore, grantor, guarantor, guffaw, hard-core, Haugh, haw, hoar, ignore, implore, Indore, interwar, jaw, Johor, Lahore, law, lessor, lor, lore, macaw, man-o'-war, maw, mirador, mor, more, mortgagor, Mysore, nevermore, nor, oar, obligor, offshore, onshore, open-jaw, or, ore, outdoor, outwore, paw, poor, pore, pour, rapport, raw, roar, saw, scaur, score, senhor, señor, shaw, ship-to-shore, shop-floor, shore, signor, Singapore, snore, soar, softcore, sore, spore, store, straw, swore, Tagore, tau, taw, thaw, Thor, threescore, tor, tore, torr, trapdoor, tug-of-war, two-by-four, underfloor, underscore, war, warrantor, Waugh, whore, withdraw, wore, yaw, yore, your

Definition of Boer in US English:

Boer

noun

historical

A member of the Dutch and Huguenot population that settled in southern Africa in the late 17th century.
布尔人（指17世纪末期定居在南非的荷兰人及胡格诺派教徒）
The Boers were Calvinist in religion and fiercely self-sufficient. Conflict with the British administration of Cape Colony after 1806 led to the Great Trek of 1835–37 and the Boer Wars, after which the Boer republics of Transvaal and Orange Free State became part of the Republic of South Africa. The Boers' present-day descendants are the Afrikaners
Example sentencesExamples
- During the 16th and 17th centuries, Dutch, Boers, Germans, and Huguenots migrated to South Africa, and these people brought with them their own European hunting dogs.
- The British endured similar military embarrassment at the hands of Indians, Afghans, Zulus and Boers.
- The crisis in South Africa which caused the war was the culmination of 250 years of expansion and conflict between the Boers, mainly Dutch, and British settlers.
- The first major activity of the new federation was to send Australian troops to South Africa to fight the Boers.
- The war arose from rivalry between Britain's claim to be the paramount power in southern Africa and the desire of the Boers (descendants of Dutch settlers) for autonomy.
- Events in South Africa were not dissimilar, but were complicated by the presence of the Boers.
- The Boers or Afrikaners, as the descendants of the Dutch called themselves, ceded the Cape to Great Britain in an 1814 treaty.
- The Australians fought again in Africa at the end of the century, supporting the British fight against the Boers in South Africa.
- Although they were called Boers, the Dutch word for farmer, it would be a mistake to think of all the Afrikaner trekkers and their descendants essentially as farmers.
- The truth is that in two hundred years the stiffest opposition the British faced in Africa were the Boers and the Afrika Korps.

adjective

historical

Relating to the Boers.
布尔人的
Example sentencesExamples
- This meant the destruction of Boer farms, the confiscation of horses, cattle and wagons and the rounding up of the inhabitants, usually women and children.
- They had been found guilty by court martial of killing Boer prisoners.
- Du Plessis admitted that a video about the prophesies of Boer prophet Siener van Rensburg had not incited anyone to violence and in fact took the form of a warning to people to turn to God.
- The immediate and direct result of the surrender was that the two former Boer republics lost their independence and had to submit to British sovereignty.
- Under his command the concentration camp was invented to contain Boer women, children and elderly men removed from their farms.

Origin

From Dutch boer ‘farmer’.

词汇	Boer
释义	Definition of Boer in English: Boer nounbɔːˈbəʊəbʊə 1historical A member of the Dutch and Huguenot population which settled in southern Africa in the late 17th century. The Boers' present-day descendants are the Afrikaners. 布尔人（指17世纪末期定居在南非的荷兰人及胡格诺派教徒） Example sentencesExamples Events in South Africa were not dissimilar, but were complicated by the presence of the Boers. Although they were called Boers, the Dutch word for farmer, it would be a mistake to think of all the Afrikaner trekkers and their descendants essentially as farmers. The truth is that in two hundred years the stiffest opposition the British faced in Africa were the Boers and the Afrika Korps. During the 16th and 17th centuries, Dutch, Boers, Germans, and Huguenots migrated to South Africa, and these people brought with them their own European hunting dogs. The war arose from rivalry between Britain's claim to be the paramount power in southern Africa and the desire of the Boers (descendants of Dutch settlers) for autonomy. The first major activity of the new federation was to send Australian troops to South Africa to fight the Boers. The crisis in South Africa which caused the war was the culmination of 250 years of expansion and conflict between the Boers, mainly Dutch, and British settlers. The Australians fought again in Africa at the end of the century, supporting the British fight against the Boers in South Africa. The Boers or Afrikaners, as the descendants of the Dutch called themselves, ceded the Cape to Great Britain in an 1814 treaty. The British endured similar military embarrassment at the hands of Indians, Afghans, Zulus and Boers. 2South African An Afrikaner farmer. 〈南非〉南非白人农民；布尔人农民 3South African informal (under apartheid) a member of the police, prison service, or security forces. 〈南非，非正式〉（种族隔离制度下的）警员；狱吏；保安部队士兵 Example sentencesExamples The boers arrived in trucks and told us, ‘jump in, we are going to KwaNobuhle.' adjectivebɔːˈbəʊəbʊə historical Relating to the Boers. 布尔人的 Example sentencesExamples They had been found guilty by court martial of killing Boer prisoners. Under his command the concentration camp was invented to contain Boer women, children and elderly men removed from their farms. The immediate and direct result of the surrender was that the two former Boer republics lost their independence and had to submit to British sovereignty. Du Plessis admitted that a video about the prophesies of Boer prophet Siener van Rensburg had not incited anyone to violence and in fact took the form of a warning to people to turn to God. This meant the destruction of Boer farms, the confiscation of horses, cattle and wagons and the rounding up of the inhabitants, usually women and children. Origin From Dutch boer 'farmer'. Rhymes abhor, adore, afore, anymore, ashore, awe, bandore, Bangalore, before, boar, bore, caw, chore, claw, cocksure, comprador, cor, core, corps, craw, Delors, deplore, door, draw, drawer, evermore, explore, flaw, floor, for, forbore, fore, foresaw, forevermore, forswore, four, fourscore, furthermore, Gábor, galore, gnaw, gore, grantor, guarantor, guffaw, hard-core, Haugh, haw, hoar, ignore, implore, Indore, interwar, jaw, Johor, Lahore, law, lessor, lor, lore, macaw, man-o'-war, maw, mirador, mor, more, mortgagor, Mysore, nevermore, nor, oar, obligor, offshore, onshore, open-jaw, or, ore, outdoor, outwore, paw, poor, pore, pour, rapport, raw, roar, saw, scaur, score, senhor, señor, shaw, ship-to-shore, shop-floor, shore, signor, Singapore, snore, soar, softcore, sore, spore, store, straw, swore, Tagore, tau, taw, thaw, Thor, threescore, tor, tore, torr, trapdoor, tug-of-war, two-by-four, underfloor, underscore, war, warrantor, Waugh, whore, withdraw, wore, yaw, yore, your Definition of Boer in US English: Boer noun historical A member of the Dutch and Huguenot population that settled in southern Africa in the late 17th century. 布尔人（指17世纪末期定居在南非的荷兰人及胡格诺派教徒） The Boers were Calvinist in religion and fiercely self-sufficient. Conflict with the British administration of Cape Colony after 1806 led to the Great Trek of 1835–37 and the Boer Wars, after which the Boer republics of Transvaal and Orange Free State became part of the Republic of South Africa. The Boers' present-day descendants are the Afrikaners Example sentencesExamples During the 16th and 17th centuries, Dutch, Boers, Germans, and Huguenots migrated to South Africa, and these people brought with them their own European hunting dogs. The British endured similar military embarrassment at the hands of Indians, Afghans, Zulus and Boers. The crisis in South Africa which caused the war was the culmination of 250 years of expansion and conflict between the Boers, mainly Dutch, and British settlers. The first major activity of the new federation was to send Australian troops to South Africa to fight the Boers. The war arose from rivalry between Britain's claim to be the paramount power in southern Africa and the desire of the Boers (descendants of Dutch settlers) for autonomy. Events in South Africa were not dissimilar, but were complicated by the presence of the Boers. The Boers or Afrikaners, as the descendants of the Dutch called themselves, ceded the Cape to Great Britain in an 1814 treaty. The Australians fought again in Africa at the end of the century, supporting the British fight against the Boers in South Africa. Although they were called Boers, the Dutch word for farmer, it would be a mistake to think of all the Afrikaner trekkers and their descendants essentially as farmers. The truth is that in two hundred years the stiffest opposition the British faced in Africa were the Boers and the Afrika Korps. adjective historical Relating to the Boers. 布尔人的 Example sentencesExamples This meant the destruction of Boer farms, the confiscation of horses, cattle and wagons and the rounding up of the inhabitants, usually women and children. They had been found guilty by court martial of killing Boer prisoners. Du Plessis admitted that a video about the prophesies of Boer prophet Siener van Rensburg had not incited anyone to violence and in fact took the form of a warning to people to turn to God. The immediate and direct result of the surrender was that the two former Boer republics lost their independence and had to submit to British sovereignty. Under his command the concentration camp was invented to contain Boer women, children and elderly men removed from their farms. Origin From Dutch boer ‘farmer’.
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