Etymology

boerboel

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Today it means: A large mastiff dog breed from South Africa Full definition →

Afrikaans boer
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The story

  1. Afrikaans · borrowed fromboer“farmer”
  2. English todayboerboel

From Afrikaans boer (“farmer”) + boel, a shortening of boelhond (“bulldog”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.