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Definition of Boors
1. boor [n] - See also: boor
Lexicographical Neighbors of Boors
Literary usage of Boors
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Correspondence of William Wilberforce by William Wilberforce, Samuel Wilberforce (1841)
"4to.; the accounts which it gives of the cruel treatment of the Hottentots, by
the boors, strongly confirming Mr. Read's narrative. I have also seen, ..."
2. A Narrative of a Visit to the Mauritius and South Africa by James Backhouse (1844)
"Civil Arts.—boors' Marriages.—Condescension.—Congregations. ... Friendly Boor.—Journey
to Philippolis.—Transfer of Huts.—Emigrant boors. 7th mo. 23rd. ..."
3. Le Morte Darthur by Thomas Malory, Heinrich Oskar Sommer, Andrew Lang (1891)
"boors says nothing he knows about Guenever. [Then follows a visit of King Artus
to his sister Morgain, where he sees pictures which Lancelot painted during ..."
4. The Library of Wit and Humor, Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Literature by Rufus Edmonds Shapley (1892)
"Exit DE boors. MRS. DE B. His attentions to that handsome widow are becoming too
particular—I must keep a watchful eye on my little man. ..."
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