boor

Meaning

Noun

A peasant.
A Boer, white South African of Dutch or Huguenot descent.
A yokel, country bumpkin.
An uncultured person.

Origin

Borrowed from Dutch boer ("peasant"), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *būraz ("dweller, inhabitant"). Boer.

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