'Boor' is a word borrowed from Dutch 'boer'. The word entered the English language some time around 1551.
boor [noun] [1551]
- peasant
- a rude or insensitive person
See 'boor' on the Loan Words Map
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Etymology: Dutch 'boer;' akin to Old English 'būan' to dwell
See more loan words from 1500s.
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