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Besides its literal meaning, it is also used as a synonym for an [[Afrikaner]] or [[Afrikaans]]-speaking descendents of the [[Dutch]] settlers. Later became a more pejorative term in the anti-Apartheid period and even thereafter. | Besides its literal meaning, it is also used as a synonym for an [[Afrikaner]] or [[Afrikaans]]-speaking descendents of the [[Dutch]] settlers. Later became a more pejorative term in the anti-Apartheid period and even thereafter. | ||
| − | Some derivatives: [[Boere-oorlog]] (or [[Boer War]] in English), [[Boere Republieke]] ("Boer Republics"), [[Boere-musiek]] (Boer music - i.e. traditional [[Afrikaner]] country music.), [[Boere-orkes]] ("Boer orchestra"), etc. | + | Some derivatives: [[Boere-oorlog]] (or [[Boer War]] in English), [[Boere Republieke]] ("Boer Republics"), [[Boere-staat]] ("Boer state"), [[Boere-musiek]] (Boer music - i.e. traditional [[Afrikaner]] country music.), [[Boere-orkes]] ("Boer orchestra"), etc. |
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Revision as of 07:41, 25 May 2014
(Plural "Boere") The Afrikaans name for a farmer.
Besides its literal meaning, it is also used as a synonym for an Afrikaner or Afrikaans-speaking descendents of the Dutch settlers. Later became a more pejorative term in the anti-Apartheid period and even thereafter.
Some derivatives: Boere-oorlog (or Boer War in English), Boere Republieke ("Boer Republics"), Boere-staat ("Boer state"), Boere-musiek (Boer music - i.e. traditional Afrikaner country music.), Boere-orkes ("Boer orchestra"), etc.
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