Boer Wars — Two Boer Wars were fought between the British Empire and the two independent Boer republics, the Orange Free State and the South African Republic (Transvaal Republic), founded by settlers known as Voortrekkers who made the Great Trek from the… … Wikipedia
Boer Wars — (1880–1881, 1899–1902) Two conflicts waged by Dutch settlers in resistance to the expansion of the British Empire in South Africa. Dutch settlers, later known as “Boers,” established farms in southern Africa beginning in the seventeenth… … Encyclopedia of the Age of Imperialism, 1800–1914
Boer war (Anglo-Boer Wars) — The struggle of the Boers in southern Africa against the British imperialist annexation of the Transvaal (1880–1902) caused waves of sympathy for the Afrikaner Boers in the Netherlands. The Dutch saw in them people of a related race and… … Historical Dictionary of the Netherlands
Boer — Not to be confused with Boyar or Jack Bauer. For other uses, see Boer (disambiguation) Boer people … Wikipedia
Boer Pony — Infobox Horse name= Boer Pony image caption= features =Pony developed from Cape Horse. Can often perform slow gait and rack in addition to normal paces altname=Boerperd nickname= country= South Africa group1= std1= | The Boer Pony is a calm,… … Wikipedia
Anglo-Boer Wars — The struggle of the Boers in southern Africa against the British imperialist annexation of the Transvaal (1880–1902) caused waves of sympathy for the Afrikaner Boers in the Netherlands. The Dutch saw in them people of a related race and… … Historical Dictionary of the Netherlands
Boer — /bawr, bohr, boor/; Du. /boohrdd/, n. 1. a South African of Dutch extraction. adj. 2. of or pertaining to the Boers. [1825 35; < Afrik < D: peasant, farmer. See BOOR] * * * ▪ people (Dutch: “husbandman,” or “farmer”), a South African of… … Universalium
Boer War — noun either of two wars: the first when the Boers fought England in order to regain the independence they had given up to obtain British help against the Zulus (1880 1881); the second when the Orange Free State and Transvaal declared war on… … Useful english dictionary
Boer War — /ˈbɔ wɔ/ (say baw waw) noun either of two wars fought between the British and the Boers in southern Africa. 1. a war in which Great Britain fought against the Transvaal and the province of Orange Free State, 1899–1902. 2. a war between Great… …
South African Wars (1879-1915) — Ethnic, political and social tensions among European colonial powers, indigenous Africa, and English and Dutch settlers led to open conflict in a series of wars and revolts between 1879 and 1915 that would have lasting repercussions on the entire … Wikipedia
