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(Plural "Boere") The [[Afrikaans]] name for a '''farmer'''. | (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. | + | 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. |
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| + | Derivatives: [[Boere-oorlog]] or [[Boer War]] | ||
== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
Revision as of 07:17, 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.
Derivatives: Boere-oorlog or Boer War
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