boor.

A person whose conduct is coarse, rude, or inconsiderate.

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Words that belong together

• an ill-mannered boor
• behave like a boor

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He acted the boor until the quiet guest answered in his own language.

She refused to call the porter a boor merely because his manners were unfamiliar.

Usage notes

Primary category: psychological / character. Forms: Singular boor; plural boors. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.