boor

[ boor ]

/ bʊər /

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noun

a churlish, rude, or unmannerly person.

a country bumpkin; rustic; yokel.

peasant.

Boer.

Origin of boor

1545–55; < Dutch boer or Low German būr (cognate with German Bauer farmer), derivative of Germanic *bū- to dwell, build, cultivate; see -er¹; cf. bond²

SYNONYMS FOR boor

1 lout, oaf, boob, churl, philistine, vulgarian.

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WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH boor

boar Boer boor bore

Words nearby boor

booner, boong, boonga, boongary, boonies, boor, boorish, booshit, boost, boost phase, boost-start

Example sentences from the Web for boor

After all, he thought, it would have been better to deal with the boor himself.

The Waters of Edera |Louise de la Rame, a.k.a. Ouida
He did mind, not bargaining for learning lessons in the holidays; but he could not show himself so uncivil a boor as to refuse.

Dr. Jolliffe's Boys |Lewis Hough
From the King to the boor their policy was a mere pandering to public ignorance.

Coningsby |Benjamin Disraeli
Dr. De Forest used to say, that there is not a boor in the Druze nation.

The Women of the Arabs |Henry Harris Jessup

Captain Enderwood swore at the poor old man, though the captain ever respected age and regarded profanity as the mark of a boor.

Rodney, the Ranger |John V. Lane

British Dictionary definitions for boor

boor

/ (bʊə) /

noun

an ill-mannered, clumsy, or insensitive person

Word Origin for boor

Old English gebūr; related to Old High German gibūr farmer, dweller, Albanian būr man; see neighbour

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