boor
noun
a churlish, rude, or unmannerly person.
boors
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pluralof boor.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The salt suggestion drew howls of outrage from tea-lovers in Britain, where popular stereotype sees Americans as coffee-swilling boors who make tea, if at all, in the microwave.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 24, 2024
No beach has sand silky enough to risk navigating gaggles of solipsists committed to behaving like boors because the sea washes away all consequences.
From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2021
Again and again, Diana and Barbara have to endure and deflect unwanted male attention; you may lose count of all the run-of-the-mill boors and slobbering predators they have to fend off, and you’re meant to.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 15, 2020
Loseurs: Witty, sophisticated humorists pretending to be juvenile, crude boors with a poop fixation.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 26, 2018
We can take no interest in the boyards of Russia or the boors of Poland; but little in the agas and kuzilbashes of Eastern story.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 359, September 1845 by Various
