Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Boer \Boer\, n. [D., a farmer. See {Boor}.]
   A colonist or farmer in South Africa of Dutch descent.

Source : WordNet®

Boer
     n : a white native of Cape Province who is a descendant of Dutch
         settlers and who speaks Afrikaans [syn: {Afrikaner}, {Afrikander}]