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Definition of Boers

Boer
Boer Boer, n. [D., a farmer. See Boor.] A colonist or farmer in South Africa of Dutch descent.

Meaning of Boers from wikipedia

- Boers (/bʊərz/ BOORZ; Afrikaans: Boere; [ˈbuːrə]) are the descendants of the proto Afrikaans-speaking Free Burghers of the eastern Cape frontier in Southern...
- legitimate way of depriving the Boer guerrillas of supplies and safe havens. The Boers saw them as a British attempt to coerce the Boers into surrender, with the...
- Trekboers, Boers, and Voortrekkerssettled mainly in the middle, northern, north-eastern and eastern parts of present-day South Africa. Two of the Boer republics...
- Empire and Boers of the Transvaal (as the South African Republic was known while under British administration). The war resulted in a Boer victory and...
- discourse, and that its meaning has been misconstrued as advocating killing Boers or farmers. Opponents of the song argue that it can be seen to bear a literal...
- of the Boers and natives and thereby rein in what the British saw as the anarchy in the Transvaal. Additionally, the sea outlet that the Boers acquired...
- informant. Subsequently, Boers and other members were arrested over the spring and summer of 1941. After a m**** trial, Boers was executed at Sachsenhausen...
- Look up boer, Boer, or bó'èr in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Boer or Boers or variation, may refer to: Boers, Dutch settlers of South Africa, who became...
- a total of 45 tented camps for Boer internees and 64 additional camps for Black Africans. The vast majority of Boers who remained in the local camps...
- settlersespecially the Boers – and the new administration quickly soured. The British authorities were adamantly opposed to the Boers' ownership of slaves...