boor Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement
    Goth; tyke; barbarian; peasant; churl; tike.

WordNet

Boor noun
Etymology
D. boer farmer, boor; akin to AS. gebr countryman, G. bauer; fr. the root of AS. ban to inhabit, and akin to E. bower, be. Cf. Neighbor, Boer, and Big to build.
Definitions
  1. A husbandman; a peasant; a rustic; esp. a clownish or unrefined countryman.
  2. A Dutch, German, or Russian peasant; esp. a Dutch colonist in South Africa, Guiana, etc.: a boer.
  3. A rude ill-bred person; one who is clownish in manners.

Webster 1913