Boer的词源

英文词源

Boer (n.)

"Dutch colonist in South Africa," 1824, from Dutch boer "farmer," from Middle Dutch, cognate with Old English gebur "dweller, farmer, peasant," and thus related to bower, German Bauer, and the final syllable of neighbor (see boor). Boer War (1899-1902) was technically the Second Boer War, there having been a brief preview 1880-1881.

中文词源

Boer：布尔人（荷裔南非人）

荷兰语，指农夫，词源同boor, neighbor.

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