Brother Boer, noun phrase

Origin:
EnglishShow more English brother + Boer sense 3.
obs. except in historical contexts
During the Anglo-Boer War: a nickname for the Boer forces, or for an individual Boer soldier. See also Boer sense 3.
1903 R. Kipling Five Nations 194‘Oo’d dared to answer Brother Boer’s attack. For there might ’ave been a serious engagement.
1937 G.F. Gibson Story of Imp. Light Horse 120Old Brother Boer showed good-natured humour and humanity on many occasions which have not been forgotten even after long years.
[1947 C.R. Prance Antic Mem. 135His horsemanship and his simple friendliness quickly endeared him to his Brother Boer.]
1979 T. Pakenham Boer War (1982) 274Hamilton ordered these suicidal counter-attacks to be stopped. Brother Boer could be dealt with in due course.
a nickname for the Boer forces, or for an individual Boer soldier.
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