Boer
noun /bɔː(r)/
/bɔːr/
South African English [buːr]
- a 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）
- the Boer War (= the war between the Boers and the British, 1899–1902)
- boer(South African English) a farmer
农民；农夫 - boer(South African English, 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
词源from Dutch boer ‘farmer’.