boerbull, noun

/ˈbuːrbəl//ˈbʊəbʊl/
Forms:
Also boerboel, boerbul, and with initial capital.
Origin:
Afrikaans, DutchShow more From Afrikaans boerboel, boer (as in boer hound) + boel from Dutch bul (as in bulhond mastiff, bulldog).
A large dog of a cross-breed between European mastiff, bull-mastiff or Great Dane, and indigenous southern African dogs. Also attributive. See also boer hound.
[1899 B. Mitford Weird of Deadly Hollow 129Two great smooth-haired dogs — powerful Boer mastiffs — who had followed him, proceeded to coil themselves at his feet.]
[1951 H.C. Bosman in L. Abrahams Jurie Steyn’s Post Office (1971) 62I’ve got an old Boer bulldog that’s chased just about everything in his time.]
1965 J. Bennett Hawk Alone 145One morning the dogs — they had a crossbred ridgeback and a boerboel — had put up a rooikat.
1971 D. Marais in Std Encycl. of Sn Afr. IV. 55Some other types are found in South Africa that can be recognised as independent breeds: the Boer hound, the Boer mastiff or Boerbull and the Kaffir dog.
1974 A.P. Cartwright By Waters of Letaba 123He bred these dogs by crossing collies with the stout-hearted ‘Boer bull’.
1987 G. Silber in Frontline Mar. 9I reach a farmstead and a black Boerbul terrier with a build like a Sumo wrestler waddles out to greet me.
1991 D. Carte in Sunday Times 26 May (Mag. Sect.) 38The Shepherd is by far the most versatile working dog. The army also likes Dobermans, Rottweilers, Border Collies (for nose work) and a Boerbull-mastiff cross.
1992 C. Marais in Scope 13 Nov. 64Pik..plans to speak in Right-wing heaven tonight. The AWB and their affiliates have vowed to rip his head off and feed it to their boerbulls.
A large dog of a cross-breed between European mastiff, bull-mastiff or Great Dane, and indigenous southern African dogs. Also attributive.
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