bor

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noun

man (not used for children).

OriginOld English ġebūr →
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Meanings

bor1

nounbor (plural bors)

plural bors

  1. Norfolkman (not used for children).

Bor2

proper noun
  1. A town in the Czech Republic.
  2. One of several villages in Russia
  3. A town in Serbia.
  4. A city in South Sudan.
  5. A village in Catalonia, Spain.
  6. A village in Sweden.
  7. A town in Turkey.

BOR3

nounBOR (countable and uncountable, plural BORs)

plural BORs

  1. abbreviationcountablehistoricalinitialismgovernmentInitialism of (member of) British other ranks.
  2. abbreviationcountableinitialismscoutingInitialism of board of review.
  3. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of branchio-oto-renal syndrome.

Origin

  1. Old Englishġebūr“freeholder of the lowest class, peasant, farmer”
  2. Englishbor

Possibly from Old English ġebūr (“freeholder of the lowest class, peasant, farmer”)

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

bor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bor

MLA

“bor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bor. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bor,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bor.

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