BOOR

peasant, barbarian, boor, churl, Goth, tyke, tike

(noun) a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

boor (plural boors)

A peasant.

A Boer, white South African of Dutch or Huguenot descent.

A yokel, country bumpkin.

An uncultured person.

Anagrams

• -boro, Boro, OBOR, boro, boro-, broo, robo-

Source: Wiktionary


Boor, n. Etym: [D. boer farmer, boor; akin to AS. geb countryman, G. bauer; fr. the root of AS. b to inhabit, and akin to E. bower, be. Cf. Neighbor, Boer, and Big to build.]

1. A husbandman; a peasant; a rustic; esp. a clownish or unrefined countryman.

2. A Dutch, German, or Russian peasant; esp. a Dutch colonist in South Africa, Guiana, etc.: a boer.

3. A rude ill-bred person; one who is clownish in manners.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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