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    Boor (bo͞or), n. [D. boer farmer, boor; akin to AS. gebūr countryman, G. bauer; fr. the root of AS. būan to inhabit, and akin to E. bower, be. Cf. Neighbor, Boer, and Big to build.]
    1. A husbandman; a peasant; a rustic; esp. a clownish or unrefined countryman.

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    2. A Dutch, German, or Russian peasant; esp. a Dutch colonist in South Africa, Guiana, etc.: a boer.

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    3. A rude ill-bred person; one who is clownish in manners.

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