Boer

(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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