Boor
[bɔː;bʊə]
Definition
(n.) A husbandman; a peasant; a rustic; esp. a clownish or unrefined countryman.
(n.) A Dutch, German, or Russian peasant; esp. a Dutch colonist in South Africa, Guiana, etc.: a boer.
(n.) A rude ill-bred person; one who is clownish in manners.
Checker: Sophia
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Rustic, clown, hind, lout, lubber, swain, peasant, bumpkin, clodpole, countryman, ploughman.
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Definition
n. a countryman a peasant: a Dutch colonist in South Africa: a coarse or awkward person.—adj. Boor′ish like a boor: awkward or rude.—adv. Boor′ishly.—n. Boor′ishness.
Editor: Randolph
Examples
- And in his last breath reproached me for stooping to a boor! Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Yes it is, said I, because I cannot bear that people should say, 'she throws away her graces and attractions on a mere boor, the lowest in the crowd. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- She saw him as she introduced him to her friends--uncouth, illiterate--a boor; and the girl winced. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
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