Boers
[ (bohrz, bawrz, boorz) ]
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Dutch settlers in South Africa, also known as Afrikaners. The Boers were repeatedly driven further inland by British settlers; the British finally defeated them in the Boer War of 1899–1902. Boer is Dutch for “farmer.”
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boere-, boeremusiek, boerewors, Boerhaave, Boerhaave's syndrome, Boers, boertjie, Boer War, boet, Boethius, boeuf bourguignon
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