boyer

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/ˈbɔɪɚ/

noun

A Flemish sloop with a castle at each end.

Similar
boeierbojort
OriginDutch boeijer →
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Meanings

boyer1

nounboyer (plural boyers)

plural boyers

  1. A Flemish sloop with a castle at each end.

    they have many advantages of us; the one is, by their fashioned ships called boyers, hoybarks, hoys, and others[…]

    1651, Walter Raleigh, Observations touching trade and commerce with the Hollander and other nations

    Synonyms: boeier, bojort

Boyer2

proper nounBoyer (countable and uncountable, plural Boyers)

plural Boyers

  1. countableuncountableA surname from French.
  2. A place name:
    1. countableuncountableA commune in Loire department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.
    2. countableuncountableA commune in Saône-et-Loire department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.
    3. countableuncountableA rural locality in Brighton council area and Derwent Valley council area, Tasmania, Australia.
    4. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community and township in Crawford County, Iowa.
    5. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Sunflower County, Mississippi.
    6. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Wright County, Missouri.
    7. countableuncountableA ghost town in Churchill County, Nevada.
    8. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Pocahontas County, West Virginia.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA Flemish sloop with a castle at each end.

Similar
boeierbojort

Origin

boyer · noun

  1. Dutchboeijer
  2. Englishboyer

From Dutch boeijer, so called because these vessels were employed for laying the boeijen, or buoys: compare French boyer.

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Boyer · proper noun

  1. FrenchBoyer
  2. EnglishBoyer

From French Boyer.

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Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

boyer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boyer

MLA

“boyer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boyer. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “boyer,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boyer.

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