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Boer

noun \ˈbȯr, ˈbu̇r\

: a South African person of Dutch descent

Full Definition of BOER

:  a South African of Dutch or Huguenot descent
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Origin of BOER

Dutch, literally, farmer — more at boor
First Known Use: 1800

Rhymes with BOER

boar, bore, chore, cor, core, corps, crore, door, floor, for, fore, four, frore, gore, Gore, hoar, lore, mor, more, nor, o'er, oar, or, ore, poor, pore, pour, roar, score, shore, snore, soar, sore, splore, spoor, spore, store, Thor, tor, torr, war, whore, yore, your

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