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boar

American  
[bawr, bohr] / bɔr, boʊr /

noun

  1. the uncastrated male swine.

  2. wild boar.

adjective

  1. South Midland and Southern U.S. (of animals) male, especially full-grown.

    a boar cat.
boar British  
/ bɔː /

noun

  1. an uncastrated male pig

  2. See wild boar

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Etymology

Origin of boar

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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Wild boar, he tells the BBC, have become a particular problem, causing "a huge increase in traffic accidents and transmission of diseases".

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

But now the ancient woodland is being revitalised with the pigs - half wild boar, half Tamworth - which are turning over the soil.

From BBC • Dec. 14, 2025

"Where we have problems, and where everyone in Europe has problems, is with the wild boar population, because there is overpopulation," said Higuera.

From Barron's • Dec. 2, 2025

Canadian Mike Weir in 2004 featured elk, wild boar and Arctic char.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2025

We only managed to keep ahead of it because we ran uphill, and we could dodge in and out of trees while the boar had to plow through them.

From "The Titan's Curse" by Rick Riordan

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