The Boer people were Dutch farmers who settled in the southern part of Africa in the 17th century. They intermingled with other European settlers and established the Afrikaner or Boer (Dutch for farmer) community.
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Brief and Straightforward Guide: Who Are the Boers? ... People who self-identify as "Boer" are usually abstracting themselves from the larger Afrikaner community in Africa, the group of people who speak the language known as Afrikaans. Self-selecting as a "Boer" can imply that one shares the racist values of the Boers.
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Boer (pronounced /ˈbʊər/ , /ˈboʊ.ər/ , or /ˈbɔər/ ; ) is the Dutch word for farmer which came to denote the descendants of the proto Afrikaans-speaking pastoralis...
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Britannica online encyclopedia article on Boer (people), (Dutch: “husbandman,” or “farmer”), a South African of Dutch, German, or Huguenot descent, especially one of the early settlers of the Transvaal and the Orange Free State. ... For a definition of "Boer (people)", visit Merriam-Webster.
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Boer - "Boer" is the shortened name of "Trekboer," which is Dutch for "farmer." They are the modern Afrikaners in South Africa, and came from the Netherlands to South Africa in 1652 in search of religious freedom.
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The Anglo Boer War Museum in Bloemfontein, South Africa, gives the visitor insight into one of the most significant events in the history of South Africa - the Anglo Boer War of 1899-1902 - through it's unique art collection, dioramas and exhibits. ... War Museum of the Boer Republics; Post Box 34061; Faunasig;
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Concentration Camps during the South African / Boer War, 1899-1902 ... The people must be left with nothing but their eyes to weep with over the war. (U.S. Army General Philip Sheridan, advice to Otto Von Bismark, 1870)
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b. (as modifier) a Boer farm ... [from Dutch Boer; see boor] ... A little longer, and the shaggy Boer was in our midst upon his shaggy pony, with a half-scared, half-incredulous look in his deep-set eyes.
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