Boor

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A person with rude, clumsy manners and little refinement.
  • n. A peasant.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A peasant.
  • n. A Boer, white South African of Dutch or Huguenot descent
  • n. A yokel, country bumpkin,
  • n. An uncultured person
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A husbandman; a peasant; a rustic; esp. a clownish or unrefined countryman.
  • n. A Dutch, German, or Russian peasant; esp. a Dutch colonist in South Africa, Guiana, etc.: a boer.
  • n. A rude ill-bred person; one who is clownish in manners.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A countryman; a peasant; a rustic; a clown; particularly, a Dutch or German peasant.
  • n. Hence One who is rude in manners, or illiterate; a clown; a clownish person.
  • n. [capitalized] Same as Boer.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Cross Reference
    rustic   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    husbandman    peasant    rustic   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Baldur    Bloor    Moor    Moore    Muir    Ruhr    Ur    allure    assure    bonjour   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    lout    oaf    bumpkin    clodhopper    brute    lubber    dolt    gawk    vagabond    churl