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Boar vs Boer - What's the difference?

boar | boer |

Boer is a related term of boar.



As nouns the difference between boar and boer

is that boar is a wild boar (Sus scrofa), the wild ancestor of the domesticated pig while Boer is a Dutch colonist in South Africa, or one of their (white) descendants, especially a farmer; an Afrikaner.

boar

English

(wikipedia boar)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A wild boar (Sus scrofa ), the wild ancestor of the domesticated pig.
  • A male pig.

    • Coordinate terms

    * sow

    Derived terms

    * boar-spear * herd boar

    See also

    * hog * pig * swine

    Anagrams

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    boer

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A Dutch colonist in South Africa, or one of their (white) descendants, especially a farmer; an Afrikaner.
  • *1979 , , A Dry White Season , Vintage 1998, p. 93:
  • *:‘I won't say good day to a fucking boer !’ he exploded, swinging round viciously to escape into the angry light outside.
  • A militant in the (Boer War)

    • See also

    * Afrikaner * Asian * Bantu * colored

    Anagrams

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