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BOER [2 records]

Record 1 2018-01-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Inhabitant Names and Names of Peoples
DEF

A South African of European descent whose native language is Afrikaans.

OBS

In modern usage, the term "Boer" is considered derogatory when used in reference to the Afrikaner people, as being a word denoting an oppressor.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms d’habitants et noms de peuples
DEF

Sud-africain blanc d’origine néerlandaise, française, allemande ou scandinave qui s’exprime dans une langue dérivée du néerlandais du XVIIe siècle : l’afrikaans.

CONT

Les Afrikaners ou Afrikaanders sont les descendants des premiers colons arrivés en Afrique du Sud au xviie siècle : des Hollandais, des Allemands, des huguenots français et autres colons européens non britanniques. On compte également parmi eux tous les descendants d'immigrants arrivés en Afrique du Sud au fil des siècles et qui partagent leur héritage culturel et leur langue.

OBS

Dans l'usage moderne, le terme «Boer» est péjoratif lorsqu'il est employé en référence au peuple Afrikaner en ce qu'il évoque l'oppression de la période coloniale et de l'apartheid.

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-01-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Inhabitant Names and Names of Peoples
  • National History
DEF

An early Dutch inhabitant of the Cape.

OBS

About midway in this half-century [1750-1800] the [two] great South African migrations met and began a series of violent clashes. The Dutch settlers who had started from the area of Capetown almost [two] centuries earlier had now become a new colonial people known to themselves as Boers, or farmers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms d’habitants et noms de peuples
  • Histoires nationales
DEF

Colon néerlandais installé en Afrique du Sud à partir du XVIIe siècle.

Spanish

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