Kruger v. "Bulldog" in Battle of the Boers

[Sojourner]

Ok, to settle this once and for all, and I do apologize for any waylaying of
the Procedures at Hand, I scanned James Michener's __Covenant__ and couldn't
find any passages about the British red-necks or anything else.  Aside from
Boer, and TrekBoer, the entire meanings as previously listed are all I could
find, that Boer meant everything from an uncouth, rural person to a
farmer/neighbor/Dutch farmer/pioneer in Zuid Afrika etc. etc.

Ah well... thanks for playing "Etymology For Fun and Profit, (mainly Fun)"
with me.  Just as a Fun and Diverting Red Herring, anyone notice that
Mason's ex-wife is "Rebekah", using the Dutch spelling?  

*grin*




                "The Germans flipped a switch,
                 The rocket began to lift,
                 And suddenly my mind,
                 It started to
                 Un-hitch.."


                        ---Slothrop's Memoirs (unpublished)