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boor (bo̵or)

noun

  1. Archaic a peasant or farm worker
  2. a rude, awkward, or ill-mannered person

Etymology: Du boer < MDu gheboer, fellow dweller < ghe-, with, co- + bouwen, to build, cultivate; akin to Ger bauer: see bondage

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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