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boyer

/ˈbɔɪɚ/

boyer noun: a Flemish sloop with a castle at each end.

Noun

boyer (plural boyers)

  1. A Flemish sloop with a castle at each end.
    • they have many advantages of us; the one is, by their fashioned ships called boyers, hoybarks, hoys, and others[…]1651, Walter Raleigh, Observations touching trade and commerce with the Hollander and other nations
    Synonyms:
    boeier, bojort

Proper noun capitalized: Boyer

Boyer (countable and uncountable, plural Boyers)

  1. A surname from French.
  2. A commune in Loire department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.
  3. A commune in Saône-et-Loire department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.
  4. A rural locality in Brighton council area and Derwent Valley council area, Tasmania, Australia.
  5. An unincorporated community and township in Crawford County, Iowa.
  6. An unincorporated community in Sunflower County, Mississippi.
  7. An unincorporated community in Wright County, Missouri.
  8. A ghost town in Churchill County, Nevada.
  9. An unincorporated community in Pocahontas County, West Virginia.

Synonyms of boyer

  • boeier
  • bojort

Forms of boyer

Noun
pluralboyers
Proper noun
pluralBoyers

Origin of boyer

From Dutch boeijer, so called because these vessels were employed for laying the boeijen, or buoys: compare French boyer.

From French Boyer.

Words formed from boyer

Questions about boyer

What does boyer mean?
Boyer means a Flemish sloop with a castle at each end.
What part of speech is boyer?
Boyer can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce boyer?
Boyer is pronounced /ˈbɔɪɚ/.
What is the plural of boyer?
The plural of boyer is boyers.

Words near boyer in the dictionary

  1. boyed
  2. boyed off
  3. boyeen
  4. boyeens
  5. boyehs
  6. boyer
  7. Boyer-Ahmad
  8. Boyer-Moore-Horspool algorithm
  9. boyers
  10. Boyes
  11. Boyes Hot Springs

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