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Meanings of
boor
(boors)
in English
Portuguese
indivíduo impertinente
Catalan
talòs
Spanish
bárbaro
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A crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement.
peasant
barbarian
churl
tyke
tike
Goth
Portuguese
indivíduo impertinente
Spanish
boor
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Endangered language spoken in Chad.
boor language
Related terms
language
modern language
critically endangered language
Spanish
boor
No examples available for any of the synonyms
Usage of
boors
in English
1
Sometimes Minerva wondered if all males were
boors
,
except Papa of course.
2
I have met with several such
boors
in my experience of sight-seeing.
3
What did this handful of yokels amount to, anyhow?-dull ,frivoling
,
barn
-dancing
boors
.
4
The
boors
of the Cape colony have figured very considerably in modern history.
5
Grandma also knew how to handle
boors
without harassment sensitivity trainers.
6
But the son of Albert de Hers is now overpowered by these
boors
.
7
They cannot be
boors
,
whether they have blue blood in them or not.
8
Has he not thick-headed ignorant
boors
;
lazy, enslaved farmers; weedy lands?
9
A hundred and fifty years ago Prussia was a land peopled by
boors
.
10
The entire nation was composed of prudes and bluestockings and
boors
.
11
I understood; and, without taking leave of the two
boors
,
I left the room.
12
There are secret children, romantic betrayals,
boors
,
barons and bounders.
13
The men who serve under this Imperial tyrant are all of them ignorant
boors
.
14
The stupified
boors
were now able to stir themselves again.
15
Society will never tolerate one who is familiar with
boors
.
16
I do not wish to appear thus before those
boors
.
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Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
boors
boor
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
dutch boors
ignorant boors
mere boors
call boors
confounded boors
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Translations for
boors
Portuguese
indivíduo impertinente
Catalan
talòs
pallús
groller
bèstia
bast
Spanish
bárbaro
bestia
boor
Boors
through the time
Boors
across language varieties
United Kingdom
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