boor
noun
[ bɔː ]
• a rough and bad-mannered person.
• "at last the big obnoxious boor had been dealt a stunning blow for his uncouth and belligerent manner"
Similar:
lout,
oaf,
ruffian,
hooligan,
thug,
rowdy,
bully boy,
brawler,
rough,
churl,
lubber,
philistine,
vulgarian,
yahoo,
barbarian,
Neanderthal,
primitive,
savage,
brute,
beast,
monster,
bosthoon,
clodhopper,
clod,
tough,
toughie,
roughneck,
peasant,
pig,
bruiser,
hard man,
yobbo,
yob,
chav,
lager lout,
oik,
lump,
ape,
gorilla,
lummox,
hoon,
Origin:
mid 16th century (in the sense ‘peasant’): from Low German būr or Dutch boer ‘farmer’.
