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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. | ||
| − | Derivatives: [[Boere-oorlog]] or [[Boer War]]. | + | Derivatives: [[Boere-oorlog]] or [[Boer War]], [[Boer Republics]], [[Boere-musiek]], [[Boere-orkes]], etc. |
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(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.
Derivatives: Boere-oorlog or Boer War, Boer Republics, Boere-musiek, Boere-orkes, etc.
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