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Boer

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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the Dutch form of the Eng. "boor," in its original signification of husbandman (Ger. Bauer), a name given to the Dutch farmers of South Africa, and especially to the Dutch population of the Transvaal and Orange River States. (See SOUTH AFRICA and TRANSVAAL.)

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Boer'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​b/boer.html. 1910.
 
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