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.
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n. a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement
Word Usage
"Stanley, for example, was often called a boor and a brute when in reality he was merely hiding a fine nature behind the armour necessary to resist native imposition and worse."