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boor

  [boor]
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–noun
1. a churlish, rude, or unmannerly person.
2. a country bumpkin; rustic; yokel.
3. peasant.
4. Boer.
Origin:
1545–55; < D boer or LG būr (c. G Bauer farmer), deriv. of Gmc *bū- to dwell, build, cultivate; see -er 1 ; cf. bond 2

Synonyms:
1. lout, oaf, boob, churl, philistine, vulgarian.
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boor   (bŏŏr)   
n.  

  1. A person with rude, clumsy manners and little refinement.

  2. A peasant.


[Dutch boer, from Middle Dutch gheboer; see bheuə- in Indo-European roots.]
Synonyms: These nouns denote an uncouth and uncultivated person: listened to the boor talk about himself all night; a barbarian bewildered by the art exhibit; offended by the churl's lack of manners; was married to an uncaring lout; refused to invite the vulgarian; acted like a yahoo at the restaurant.
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Word Origin & History

boor 
13c., from O.Fr. bovier "herdsman," from L. bovis, gen. of bos "cow, ox." Later re-borrowed (1581) from Du. boer, from M.Du. gheboer "fellow dweller," from P.Gmc. base *bu- "dwell" (cf. second element of neighbor). Original meaning was "peasant farmer" (cf. Ger. Bauer, Du. boer, Dan. bonde), and in Eng. it was at first applied to agricultural laborers in or from other lands, as opposed to the native yeoman; negative connotation first attested 1562 (in boorish), from notion of clownish rustics.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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