Boor may refer to: *boor, a

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or uncultured person; one who lacks in education, knowledge, refinement and social graces **

bur A bur (also spelled burr) is a seed or dry fruit or infructescence that has hooks or teeth. The main function of the bur is to spread the seeds of the bur plant, often through epizoochory. The hooks of the bur are used to catch on to for exam ...

, defined by the

Rambam Musa ibn Maimon (1138–1204), commonly known as Maimonides (); la, Moses Maimonides and also referred to by the acronym Rambam ( he, רמב״ם), was a Sephardic Jewish philosopher who became one of the most prolific and influential Torah s ...

(Maimonides). A bur is a person having neither (ethical) Torah education nor virtues of manners ( derekh eretz) nor the ability to acquire them. Commonly translated as "boor". * Balanda Boor, also Boor, an ethnic group in South Sudan * ''The Boor'' (play) or ''The Bear'', an 1888 play by Anton Chekhov * ''The Boor'' (opera), a 1968 opera by Ulysses Kay based on Chekhov's play *''The Boor'', a 1957 opera, first performed in 2017, by

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*'' The Boors'', an 18th-century comedy by Carlo Goldoni

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