boor
11boor — (n.) 13c., from O.Fr. bovier herdsman, from L. bovis, gen. of bos cow, ox. Re introduced 16c. from Du. boer, from M.Du. gheboer fellow dweller, from P.Gmc. *buram dweller, especially farmer, from PIE *bhu , from root *bheue (see BE …
12boor — [n] clod barbarian, bear, boob*, brute, buffoon, cad, churl, dork*, goon*, lout, oaf, peasant, philistine, rube*, vulgarian; concept 423 Ant. charmer, enthusiast, exciter …
13boor — ► NOUN ▪ a rough and bad mannered person. DERIVATIVES boorish adjective boorishly adverb boorishness noun. ORIGIN Low German b r or Dutch boer farmer …
14Boor — Recorded as Bore, Boar, Boor, and the very rare Bor, this is an interesting English surname which has nothing whatsover to do with being either a South African Dutchman, or a person of boring characteristics. It is however either a medieval… …
15boor — n. an insufferable boor * * * [bʊə] an insufferable boor …
16boor — UK [bʊə(r)] / US [bʊr] noun [countable] Word forms boor : singular boor plural boors someone who behaves in a rude way and ignores other people s feelings …
17boor — [15] Boor was borrowed into English either from Low German hūr or from Dutch boer (Boer ‘Dutch colonist in South Africa’ is a later, 19thcentury borrowing). When first acquired it meant ‘peasant farmer’, and did not develop its modern explicit… …
18boor — [[t]bʊ͟ə(r)[/t]] boors N COUNT (disapproval) If you refer to someone as a boor, you think their behaviour and attitudes are rough, uneducated, and rude. Syn: oaf …
19boor — [15] Boor was borrowed into English either from Low German hūr or from Dutch boer (Boer ‘Dutch colonist in South Africa’ is a later, 19thcentury borrowing). When first acquired it meant ‘peasant farmer’, and did not develop its modern explicit… …
20Boor language — Boor Spoken in Chad Region south Native speakers 100  (1999) Language family Afro Asiatic Chadic …
