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boar

Pronunciation: /bɔː(ɹ)/

The English word “boar” has 5 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A wild boar (Sus scrofa), the wild ancestor of the domesticated pig.
  2. A male pig.
  3. A male boar (sense 1).
  4. A male bear.
  5. A male guinea pig.

Etymology

From Middle English bor, boor, from Old English bār, from Proto-West Germanic *bair.

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