what is a Boer
Nan Parker, A Day in a Boer Farm School (1903). Boer guerrilla fighters. The term Boer is derived from the Afrikaans word for farmer and was used to describe the people in southern Africa who traced their ancestry to Dutch, German and French Huguenot settlers who arrived in the Cape of Good Hope after 1662.an Parker, A Day in a Boer Farm School (1903). Boer guerrilla fighters. The term Boer is derived from the Afrikaans word for farmer and was used to describe the people in southern Africa who traced their ancestry to Dutch, German and French Huguenot settlers who arrived in the Cape of Good Hope after 1662.