Boer is an English word of 4 letters with synonyms like afrikaner. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Boer in a sentence
Related words
Boer meaning
- A Dutch colonist in South Africa during the colonial era, especially a farmer.
- A militant in the Boer War.
- An Afrikaner, especially a farmer.
Synonyms of Boer
Using Boer
- The main meaning on this page is: A Dutch colonist in South Africa during the colonial era, especially a farmer. | A militant in the Boer War. | An Afrikaner, especially a farmer.
- Useful related words include: afrikaner, afrikander, south african.
- In the example corpus, boer often appears in combinations such as: the boer, boer war, de boer.
Context around Boer
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 10 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Boer
- In this selection, "boer" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, anglo, non, first, war, skilled and karel stand out and add context to how "boer" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 4 000 boer women and and adventurers both boer and non. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "boer" sits close to words such as ammonium, asher and attaches, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with boer
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He was a Boer War veteran having command of the NSW Lancers. (12 words)
Most combatants from the cities didn’t mind experimenting with food: Helouf (Boer), turtles, and snakes. (16 words)
This was two years after the between Great Britain and two independent Boer (Dutch Afrikaner) republics. (16 words)
With O’Brien slipping down the GC, it left Griffin with 11 seconds to spare over de Boer ahead of the final stage, a one-hour criterium in Kilkenny city, where she finished comfortably in the main group behind winner Lucy Lee to seal her victory. (46 words)
One (including Broota works) belongs to Dubai and London-based Kito and Jane de Boer and will be at Christie’s in New York, while works from Masanori Fukuoka’s Glenbarra Art Museum in Japan will be at Pundole in Mumbai. (41 words)
He duly arrived in South Africa and, while travelling in a British armoured train, was taken prisoner by a posse of Boer fighters who had succeeded in derailing the locomotive carrying him to a new war front. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
In addition, numerous European renegades or adventurers (both Boer and non-Boer) skilled in firearms were known to the Zulu.
Jo was also known under her stage name of Jo van Walraven, and she had previously been married to art critic and journalist Dr. C H. de Boer (Karel de Boer).
Name The conflict is commonly referred to as simply the Boer War, since the First Boer War (December 1880 to March 1881) is much less well known.
The British built a concentration camp at Pietersburg during the Boer War to house almost 4,000 Boer women and children.
The church struggled with a lack of members during the Anglo-Boer war ( Boer Wars ) but regular services resumed in November 1901 and have continued to this day.
He was a Boer War veteran having command of the NSW Lancers.
Malema said if the “Kill the boer, kill the farmer” song was an incitement to violence, then black people would have attacked white people in the 90s when the song was first chanted.
Twenty-four hours before Mr Bekker's killing, the nation's most controversial politician, Julius Malema, had chanted an anthem entitled 'Kill the Boer' — a term for white farmers — at a rally of 90,000 followers.
De Boer himself endured a rotten spell in the Premier League, taking over at Crystal Palace in 2017 following four consecutive Dutch title triumphs with Ajax.
He duly arrived in South Africa and, while travelling in a British armoured train, was taken prisoner by a posse of Boer fighters who had succeeded in derailing the locomotive carrying him to a new war front.
Ironically, Ngcukaitobi is now on record that “destroy Hamas” is genocidal, while “kill the Boer” is not.
Most combatants from the cities didn’t mind experimenting with food: Helouf (Boer), turtles, and snakes.
Scaffolding will be erected, encapsulating both monuments, before a cut is made into the base to determine how the Boer War soldier statue is attached.
This was two years after the between Great Britain and two independent Boer (Dutch Afrikaner) republics.
With O’Brien slipping down the GC, it left Griffin with 11 seconds to spare over de Boer ahead of the final stage, a one-hour criterium in Kilkenny city, where she finished comfortably in the main group behind winner Lucy Lee to seal her victory.
A world away from those potatoes you get in certain cafés that have been baking since the Boer War.
Den Boer revelled in a rare win on the international stage, telling the that she had surprised herself with the performance.
His studies, however, began years earlier in a Waterberg devoid of guns, which had been confiscated from farmers after the Anglo Boer War.
It was shared on Twitter by Bartho Boer, the former Communications Director for the national railway service.
One (including Broota works) belongs to Dubai and London-based Kito and Jane de Boer and will be at Christie’s in New York, while works from Masanori Fukuoka’s Glenbarra Art Museum in Japan will be at Pundole in Mumbai.
Common combinations with boer
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the boer 41×
- boer war 29×
- de boer 22×
- of boer 7×
- second boer 6×
- boer and 5×
- boer republics 5×
- boer prisoners 4×
- anglo boer 3×
- boer soldiers 3×