‖boerbok, noun
/ˈbuːrbɔk/
- Plurals:
- boerbokke/ˈbuːrbɔkə/.
- Origin:
- AfrikaansShow more Afrikaans, boer (applied to indigenous plants and animals) + bok goat, antelope.
boer goat.
1966 C.A. Smith Common Names 151Neighbouring farmers bought progeny of crosses with blinkhaar-boerbok as stud rams, and about 1853 a small lot of these crosses were brought to Graaff-Reinet.
1984 B. Johnson-Barker in Wynboer Feb. 62There happened to be a boerbok in the voorkamer at the time,..but nobody threw a stick at it, or even shouted at it.