boer

Dutch (Brabantic)

/buːr/

noun
Definitions
  • (male) farmer, peasant
  • (in compounds) merchant (and sometimes producer) of a certain product group, mainly foods, often named after it, e.g. melkboer 'milkman', groenteboer '(male) greengrocer'
  • boor, yokel, ruffian
  • jack (playing card)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch bure inherited from Old Dutch *būr inherited from Proto-Germanic *būraz (dweller, inhabitant, room, abode, dwelling) root from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (grow, become, be, appear, come into being, rise up, exist, thrive, curve, happen, live, bend, swell, dwell, prosper).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*bʰuH-

Gloss

grow, become, be, appear, come into being, rise up, exist, thrive, curve, happen, live, bend, swell, dwell, prosper

Concept
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Ontological Category

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Kanji

曲

Emoji
🌱 💗 🪴

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