Bōōr, n.

noun

n. [A-S. gebûr, countryman, farmer, O. H. Ger. gipûr, gipûro, M. H. Ger. bûwaere, D. boer, L. Ger. buur, N. H. Ger. bauer; from A-S. bûan, to inhabit, cultivate, D. bouwen, Icel. bûa, Goth. bauan, O. H. Ger. bûan, pûan, bûwan, N. H. Ger. bauen; Skr. bhû, pres. bhavâmi, to be, Gr. φύω, Lat. fui.] A countryman; a peasant; a rustic; a plowman; a clown; hence, one who is rude in manners and illiterate. “The habits and the cunning of a boor.” Thackeray.