boar
Americannoun
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an uncastrated male pig
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See wild boar
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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If you should happen to dream up a scene in which a man runs screaming around the jungle with a wild boar strapped to his head, he’s the obvious pick to pull it off.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 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
Drafted into Margo’s world, Sophie is soon shooting skeet, and then, having bought her own guns, wild boar.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 21, 2025
It affects cattle, sheep, pigs and, according to the government, "other cloven-hoofed animals such as wild boar, deer, llamas and alpacas".
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2025
He raised a cloth and revealed a huge boar with bristles made of gold.
From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman
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