Boer?

[LARSSON at VAX1.Mankato.MSUS.EDU]

Sojourner responds:
"We think of the Boers as the Afrikaaners now, but it is one of those Sundry
and Wily Historickal Misteaks.  The word "boer" itself means "red" . . . "


What is your source here?  Both Britannica and the OED (not necessarily
unbiased in this matter, I'll admit) give the name as meaning "farmer"
and applying only to Dutch and/or Afrikan settlers.

Don Larsson, Mankato State U (MN)