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Definition of boerboel in English: boerboel(also boerbull) nounˈbʊəbʊl South African A large cross-breed dog bred from the mastiff and indigenous African dogs. Example sentencesExamples - The family, who wished to remain anonymous, had come into contact with the deadly virus after their pet boerbull puppy had been attacked by a stray rabid dog at their Wild Coast home.
- Inside their spartan kennels, Scoop, a boerbul, circles frenetically, obsessively pawing at the gate to his pen.
- I share my house with a boerbull called Clapton and 15 snakes.
- The terrible death of the boerbull called Boomer has traumatised his owners, who regarded him as a member of the family.
- Bella, our young boerbul had just spent 10 days at the vet after having her leg shattered in an altercation with a car.
Origin 1960s: Afrikaans, from boer (commonly applied to indigenous plants and animals) + boel, from Dutch bul (as in bulhond 'mastiff'). |