Associations to the word «Boer»

Wiktionary

BOER, noun. A Dutch colonist in South Africa, or one of their (white) descendants, especially a farmer; an Afrikaner.
BOER, noun. A militant in the Boer War

Dictionary definition

BOER, noun. A white native of Cape Province who is a descendant of Dutch settlers and who speaks Afrikaans.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats