chiefly historical <主史>
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- a member of the Dutch and Huguenot population which settled in southern Africa in the late 17th century布尔人(指17世纪末期定居在南非的荷兰人及胡格诺派教徒)。
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boer
S. African an Afrikaner farmer〈南非〉南非白人农民; 布尔人农民。
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boer
S. African informal (under apartheid) a member of the police, prison service, or security forces〈南非, 非正式〉(种族隔离制度下的)警员; 狱吏; 保安部队士兵。
The Boers were Calvinist in religion and fiercely self-sufficient. Conflict with the British administration of Cape Colony after 1806 led to the Great Trek of 1835-7 and the Boer Wars, after which the Boer republics of Transvaal and Orange Free State became part of the Republic of South Africa. The Boers' present-day descendants are the Afrikaners.
- of or relating to the Boers布尔人的。
词源
from Dutch boer 'farmer'.