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View usage for: (bʊəʳ) Word forms: plural boorscountable nounIf you refer to someone as a boor, you think their behaviour and attitudes are rough, uneducated, and rude. [disapproval]Synonyms: lout, peasant [informal], hick [informal, mainly US, Canadian], barbarian More Synonyms of boor (bʊə) nounan ill-mannered, clumsy, or insensitive person Word origin Old English gebūr; related to Old High German gibūr farmer, dweller, Albanian būr man; see neighbour (bʊr) noun1. Archaic a peasant or farm worker 2. a rude, awkward, or ill-mannered person Word origin Du boer < MDu gheboer, fellow dweller < ghe-, with, co- + bouwen, to build, cultivate; akin to Ger bauer: see bondage Examples of 'boor' in a sentenceboor Definition an ill-mannered, clumsy, or insensitive person He was a braggart, a cynic and a boor. Synonyms brute redneck (US, slang) vulgarian hayseed (US, Canadian, informal) cougan (Australian, slang) scozza (Australian, slang) bogan (Australian, slang) clodhopper (informal) churl clodpole Additional synonymsDefinition a coarse or vicious person The visitors looked upon us all as barbarians. Synonyms lout, hooligan, illiterate, vandal, yahoo, bigot, philistine, ned (Scottish, slang), hoon (Australian, New Zealand), cougan (Australian, slang), scozza (Australian, slang), bogan (Australian, slang), ruffian, ignoramus, boor, boot boy, lowbrow, vulgarianDefinition an awkward simple rustic person They were considered unsophisticated bumpkins. Synonyms yokel, peasant (informal), hick (informal, US, Canadian), rustic, lout, hillbilly, oaf, country bumpkin, clown, boor, hayseed (US, Canadian, informal), clodhopper, lubber Definition a farm labourer Synonyms peasant (informal), clown, hick (informal, US, Canadian), rustic, hillbilly, bumpkin, yokel, hayseed (US, Canadian, informal), clodhopper (informal) - boomerang
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