Heronlike wading bird with booming call.
Any of several small herons, in particular the common bittern Botaurus stellaris of Europe and Asia. It is shy, stoutly built, has a streaked camouflage pattern and a loud, booming call. An inhabitant of marshy country, it is now quite rare in Britain.
Relatively small compact tawny-brown heron with nocturnal habits and a booming cry; found in marshes. + prikaži više

ETYM Dutch boer farmer, boor; akin to AS. gebur countryman, German bauer; from the root of AS. boan to inhabit, and akin to Eng. bower, be. Related to Neighbor, Boer, and Big to build.
(Homonym: boar, Boer, bore).
1. A peasant; a rustic; esp. a clownish or unrefined countryman.
2. A Dutch, German, or Russian peasant; esp. a Dutch colonist in South Africa, Guiana, etc.: a boer.
3. A rude ill-bred person; one who is clownish in manners. + prikaži više