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boar

[ bawr, bohr ]

noun

  1. the uncastrated male swine.


adjective

  1. South Midland and Southern U.S. (of animals) male, especially full-grown:

    a boar cat.

boar

/ bɔː /

noun

  1. an uncastrated male pig


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Word History and Origins

Origin of boar1

First recorded before 1000; Middle English boor, Old English bār; cognate with Dutch beer, Old High German bêr, from unattested West Germanic baira-, perhaps akin to Welsh baedd

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Word History and Origins

Origin of boar1

Old English bār ; related to Old High German bēr

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Example Sentences

Just then a young boar came dashing by, and the huntsman stabbed it to death.

There was the Cersei-orchestrated death of Robert Baratheon while hunting boar (which led to Joffrey claiming the Iron Throne).

Why was William shooting wild boar the day before a new conservation push was unveiled?

There is a giant taxidermic wild boar head hanging proudly over a live-wood fireplace.

I order a plate of hunter-style wild boar with dumplings and cranberries and take a look around.

Mr. Boar, who had watched his approach, rose at the removal of the hat, and replied in the affirmative.

A half-hour later they were riding under the porte cochere of the inn of the Black Boar.

He ceased to find pleasure in his nets and boar spears, in the fandango and the bullfight.

The other, who was beloved by Meleager, and hunted the Calydonian boar, is the one mentioned in the Kn.

Gathering up his strength, he rushed into it, at the risk of being crushed, like a wild boar cutting through the pack of hounds.

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