boor

boor
Synonyms and related words:
Babbitt, Philistine, arriviste, backwoodsman, barbarian, blockhead, blunderer, blunderhead, boob, botcher, bounder, bourgeois, bucolic, buffoon, bumbler, bumpkin, bungler, cad, churl, clod, clodhopper, clodknocker, clot, clown, country bumpkin, dolt, epicier, farmer, fumbler, galoot, gawk, gawky, goop, gowk, groundling, guttersnipe, hayseed, hick, hillbilly, hooligan, hoyden, ill-bred fellow, klutz, looby, loon, lout, low fellow, lubber, lummox, mucker, nouveau riche, oaf, ox, parvenu, peasant, philistine, provincial, ribald, rough, roughneck, rowdy, rube, ruffian, rustic, slob, slouch, slubberer, swain, upstart, vulgarian, vulgarist, yahoo, yokel

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  • Boor — ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Carl de Boor (* 1937), deutsch US amerikanischer Mathematiker Carl Gotthard de Boor (1848–1923), deutscher Byzantinist Friedrich de Boor (* 1933), deutscher Theologe Hans Otto de Boor (1886–1956),… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Boor — may refer to: *boor, a peasant or uncultured person * Laughing Boor with a Pot of Beer , painting by Isaac van Ostade * The Boor , an opera by Dominick Argentoee also*Bore, disambiguation page *de Boor, surname disambiguation page …   Wikipedia

  • boor — boor·ish; boor·tree; boor; boor·ish·ly; boor·ish·ness; …   English syllables

  • Boor — (b[=oo]r), n. [D. boer farmer, boor; akin to AS. geb[=u]r countryman, G. bauer; fr. the root of AS. b[=u]an to inhabit, and akin to E. bower, be. Cf. {Neighbor}, {Boer}, and {Big} to build.] 1. A husbandman; a peasant; a rustic; esp. a clownish… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • boor — boor, churl, lout, clown, clodhopper, bumpkin, hick, yokel, rube are comparable when meaning an uncouth, ungainly fellow. Most of these words may be applied to rustics, but they tend increasingly to imply reference to breeding, manners, and… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • boor — [boor] n. [Du boer < MDu gheboer, fellow dweller < ghe , with, CO + bouwen, to build, cultivate; akin to Ger bauer: see BONDAGE] 1. Archaic a peasant or farm worker 2. a rude, awkward, or ill mannered person …   English World dictionary

  • boor — /boor/, n. 1. a churlish, rude, or unmannerly person. 2. a country bumpkin; rustic; yokel. 3. peasant. 4. Boer. [1545 55; < D boer or LG bur (c. G Bauer farmer), deriv. of Gmc *bu to dwell, build, cultivate; see ER1; cf. BOND2] Syn. 1 …   Universalium

  • Boor — Boor,   Helmut de, Germanist, * Bonn 24. 3. 1891, ✝ Berlin (West) 4. 8. 1976; war Professor in Leipzig, Bern und Berlin (Freie Universität, 1949 59); begründete mit H. Newald das Sammelwerk »Geschichte der deutschen Literatur« (auf mehrere Bände… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • boor — [buə US bur] n [Date: 1500 1600; : Dutch; Origin: boer; BOER] a man who behaves in a very rude way >boorish adj >boorishly adv …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • boor — [ bur ] noun count someone who behaves in a rude way and ignores other people s feelings …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • boor — (n.) 13c., from O.Fr. bovier herdsman, from L. bovis, gen. of bos cow, ox. Re introduced 16c. from Du. boer, from M.Du. gheboer fellow dweller, from P.Gmc. *buram dweller, especially farmer, from PIE *bhu , from root *bheue (see BE …   Etymology dictionary

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