boar

[ bawr, bohr ]
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noun
  1. the uncastrated male swine.

adjective
  1. South Midland and Southern U.S. (of animals) male, especially full-grown: a boar cat.

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Origin of boar

1
First recorded before 1000; Middle English boor, Old English bār; cognate with Dutch beer, Old High German bêr, from unattested West Germanic baira-, perhaps akin to Welsh baedd

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boar

/ (bɔː) /


noun
  1. an uncastrated male pig

Origin of boar

1
Old English bār; related to Old High German bēr

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