A Boer is a white South African whose family goes back to Dutch farmers who came to South Africa in the 1600s. In Afrikaans and Dutch, boer simply means “farmer.” In English, though, it is not a job word — it names that people.

A BoerBoer， is a white South African whose family goes back to Dutch farmers指的是一種白人南非人，祖先可以追溯到荷蘭農民， who came to South Africa in the 1600s這些農民在1600年代來到南非。In Afrikaans and Dutch在南非荷蘭語和荷蘭語裡， boer simply meansboer單純的意思就是 "farmer."『農夫』。 In English, though不過在英文裡， it is not a job word它不是一個職業的字—— it names that people而是用來指稱那個族群。

You meet it most in history: the Boer Wars, when Boer states fought Britain around 1900. A wider name used today is Afrikaner.

You meet it most in history你最常在歷史裡遇到這個字： the Boer Warsthe Boer Wars（布爾戰爭）， when Boer states fought Britain around 1900指的是布爾人的國家在1900年前後和英國打的仗。A wider name used today現在比較廣泛使用的名稱， is Afrikaner是Afrikaner（南非荷裔人）。

Boer can sound old, and in South Africa it is not a light word to put on someone, because the history around it is heavy.

Boer can sound oldBoer這個字聽起來可能有點過時， and in South Africa it is not a light word to put on someone而且在南非，把這個字用在某人身上不是件輕鬆的事， because the history around it is heavy因為背後的歷史很沉重。

In English you usually say it like “boor” (the vowel in “or”), or sometimes with two beats, BOO-er. It is often written with a capital B.

In English you usually say it like在英文裡，你通常會念得像 "boor"『boor』 (the vowel in "or")（母音跟or一樣）， or sometimes with two beats或者有時候分成兩個音節， BOO-er唸成BOO-er。It is often written with a capital B它常常用大寫B開頭。