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boor
a peasant; a course, rude person: He is such a boor that I never invite him.
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boor
(bo͝or)n.
1. A person with rude, clumsy manners and little refinement.
2. A peasant.
Synonyms: boor, barbarian, churl, vulgarian, yahoo
These nouns denote an uncouth and uncultivated person: loud tourists behaving like boors; a barbarian uninterested in the art exhibit; offended by the churl's lack of manners; refused to invite the vulgarian to the reception; acted like a yahoo at the restaurant.
These nouns denote an uncouth and uncultivated person: loud tourists behaving like boors; a barbarian uninterested in the art exhibit; offended by the churl's lack of manners; refused to invite the vulgarian to the reception; acted like a yahoo at the restaurant.
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boor
(bʊə)n
an ill-mannered, clumsy, or insensitive person
[Old English gebūr; related to Old High German gibūr farmer, dweller, Albanian būr man; see neighbour]
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boor
(bʊər)n.
1. a rude, or unmannerly person.
2. a country bumpkin; rustic; yokel.
3. peasant.
[1545–55; < Dutch boer or Low German būr]
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Noun | 1. | boor - a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement disagreeable person, unpleasant person - a person who is not pleasant or agreeable |
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boor
noun lout, peasant, hick (informal, chiefly U.S. & Canad.), barbarian, brute, philistine, redneck (U.S. slang), oaf, bumpkin, vulgarian, hayseed (U.S. & Canad. informal), clodhopper (informal), churl, clodpole He was a braggart, a cynic and a boor.
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boor
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Translations
شَخْصٌ فَظٌّ
křupanneotesanec
ubehøvlet person
ruddi
mužikasmužikiškas
rupjš cilvēkstēviņš
neokrôchanec
hödükkaba/görgüsüz kimse
boor
[bʊəʳ] N → palurdo/a m/fCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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boor
(buə) noun a coarse, ill-mannered person.
ˈboorish adjectiveKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.