Definitions for: Boor


[n] a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement



Webster (1913) Definition: Boor, n. [D. boer farmer, boor; akin to AS. geb?r
countryman, G. bauer; fr. the root of AS. b?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 or
unrefined countryman.

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

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

Synonyms: barbarian, churl, Goth, peasant, tike, tyke

See Also: disagreeable person, unpleasant person

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