Boerdom, noun
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- EnglishShow more Boer sense 2 + English abstract suffix of state -dom.
obs.
Boers collectively, especially in a nationalistic or political sense. See also Afrikanerdom sense 1.
1869 E. Prov. Herald in F.A. van Jaarsveld Awakening of Afrikaner Nationalism (1961) 66Boerdom is down just now, and it must accept the situation. It is clearly understood that both the Free State and Transvaal can exist only on sufferance.
1941 C.W. De Kiewiet Hist. of S. Afr. 125His successor, President F.W. Reitz, believed that all Boerdom should stand united against the British paramount power.
Boers collectively, especially in a nationalistic or political sense.
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