/ bɔː(r); NAmE / noun
1.
a South African whose family originally came from the Netherlands :
the Boer War (= the war between the Boers and the British, 1899-1902)
—see also Afrikaner
2.
boer ( SAfrE ) a farmer
3.
boer ( SAfrE , disapproving ) used to refer to a member of the police or the army, especially in the past
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WORD ORIGIN
from Dutch boer farmer.