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The Boers were Dutch settlers in what is now South Africa. When Britain laid claim to South Africa, a war started between the Boers and the British. That war is known as the Boer War. The British won.

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The Boers were people who settled in the Transvaal region of South Africa in the 17th century.
Boers. It's an Afrikkaner (a language related to Dutch) word for "farmer." The German cognate is "Bauer." The Boer War was the series of conflicts between the Dutch settlers and the British in South Africa. Winston Churchill was a correspondent during this conflict.

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The Boers were white farmers in South Africa who were descendants of Dutch and French immigrants in the early 17th century and spoke a version of Dutch called Afrikaans.

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descendants of the Dutch

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Who were the boers and whom did they fight?

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