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boyer¹

  • /ˈbɔɪɚ/

Where it comes from

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

noun 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[…]

    Similar: boeier, bojort

Boyer²

Where it comes from

From French Boyer.

proper noun Boyers

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

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"boyer." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/boyer. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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boyer. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/boyer

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"boyer." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/boyer.

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@misc{boyer_2026,
  title = {boyer},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/boyer},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}