Meaning

4 senses
  1. A peasant.

  2. A Boer, white South African of Dutch or Huguenot descent.

  3. A yokel, country bumpkin.

    Tölpel

  4. An uncultured person; a vulgarian.

    Rüpel

    хамxam, ха́мкаxámka, грубия́нgrubiján

More definitions
  • a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement

Examples

3 sentences
  1. Am I a boor?

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  2. You're a boor.

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  3. My grandpa describes a Karen as a boor.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
an uncultured person:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
a yokel:
an uncultured person:

Origin

Borrowed from Dutch boer (“peasant”). Doublet of bauer, Boer, and bower (“peasant, farmer”

Borrowed from Dutch boer (“peasant”). Doublet of bauer, Boer, and bower (“peasant, farmer”).

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Forms

plural: boors
Singularboor
Pluralboors

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
boor — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto