Definition: Meaning of, Boer War in English to English dictionary.
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Boer Wars
1899-19021880-1881 either of two wars: the first when the Boers fought England in order to regain the independence they had given up to obtain British help against the Zulus ; the second when the Orange Free State and Transvaal declared war on Britain
(1899-1902) a war in South Africa in which the British army successfully fought against two Boer REPUBLIC s called the Transvaal and the Orange Free State, and made them part of the British Empire