- boor
- noun Etymology: Dutch boer; akin to Old English būan to dwell — more at bower Date: 1551 1. peasant 2. a rude or insensitive person
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Boor — ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Carl de Boor (* 1937), deutsch US amerikanischer Mathematiker Carl Gotthard de Boor (1848–1923), deutscher Byzantinist Friedrich de Boor (* 1933), deutscher Theologe Hans Otto de Boor (1886–1956),… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Boor — may refer to: *boor, a peasant or uncultured person * Laughing Boor with a Pot of Beer , painting by Isaac van Ostade * The Boor , an opera by Dominick Argentoee also*Bore, disambiguation page *de Boor, surname disambiguation page … Wikipedia
boor — boor·ish; boor·tree; boor; boor·ish·ly; boor·ish·ness; … English syllables
Boor — (b[=oo]r), n. [D. boer farmer, boor; akin to AS. geb[=u]r countryman, G. bauer; fr. the root of AS. b[=u]an 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
boor — boor, churl, lout, clown, clodhopper, bumpkin, hick, yokel, rube are comparable when meaning an uncouth, ungainly fellow. Most of these words may be applied to rustics, but they tend increasingly to imply reference to breeding, manners, and… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
boor — [boor] n. [Du boer < MDu gheboer, fellow dweller < ghe , with, CO + bouwen, to build, cultivate; akin to Ger bauer: see BONDAGE] 1. Archaic a peasant or farm worker 2. a rude, awkward, or ill mannered person … English World dictionary
boor — /boor/, n. 1. a churlish, rude, or unmannerly person. 2. a country bumpkin; rustic; yokel. 3. peasant. 4. Boer. [1545 55; < D boer or LG bur (c. G Bauer farmer), deriv. of Gmc *bu to dwell, build, cultivate; see ER1; cf. BOND2] Syn. 1 … Universalium
Boor — Boor, Helmut de, Germanist, * Bonn 24. 3. 1891, ✝ Berlin (West) 4. 8. 1976; war Professor in Leipzig, Bern und Berlin (Freie Universität, 1949 59); begründete mit H. Newald das Sammelwerk »Geschichte der deutschen Literatur« (auf mehrere Bände… … Universal-Lexikon
boor — [buə US bur] n [Date: 1500 1600; : Dutch; Origin: boer; BOER] a man who behaves in a very rude way >boorish adj >boorishly adv … Dictionary of contemporary English
boor — [ bur ] noun count someone who behaves in a rude way and ignores other people s feelings … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
boor — (n.) 13c., from O.Fr. bovier herdsman, from L. bovis, gen. of bos cow, ox. Re introduced 16c. from Du. boer, from M.Du. gheboer fellow dweller, from P.Gmc. *buram dweller, especially farmer, from PIE *bhu , from root *bheue (see BE … Etymology dictionary
