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* '''boer''' (''Dutch''): peasant, farner | * '''boer''' (''Dutch''): peasant, farner | ||
| − | * '''Boers:''' Dutch-speaking settlers in South Arica, the group that fought the Boer | + | * '''Boers:''' Dutch-speaking settlers in South Arica, the group that fought the Boer Wars (880–1881 and 1899–1902) against Great britain. |
* '''John Bull:''' symbol of England | * '''John Bull:''' symbol of England | ||
*''' bulls and bears:''' optimists and pessimists on a stock market | *''' bulls and bears:''' optimists and pessimists on a stock market | ||
* '''trespass:''' The Boe Wars resulted form repeated attempts of British subjecting in the Capetown area to trespeass and end encroach on Boer stetlements in the Transvaal. | * '''trespass:''' The Boe Wars resulted form repeated attempts of British subjecting in the Capetown area to trespeass and end encroach on Boer stetlements in the Transvaal. | ||
*''' trespass:''' ransgression of a moral or social law, code, or duty. | *''' trespass:''' ransgression of a moral or social law, code, or duty. | ||
Revision as of 13:32, 6 June 2013
- boer (Dutch): peasant, farner
- Boers: Dutch-speaking settlers in South Arica, the group that fought the Boer Wars (880–1881 and 1899–1902) against Great britain.
- John Bull: symbol of England
- bulls and bears: optimists and pessimists on a stock market
- trespass: The Boe Wars resulted form repeated attempts of British subjecting in the Capetown area to trespeass and end encroach on Boer stetlements in the Transvaal.
- trespass: ransgression of a moral or social law, code, or duty.
