what does the dutch word boer mean?
Sofie Oosterwaal
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 Cribb et al . ( 2014 ) suggest that Bontius ' account referred not to apes ( which were not known from Java ) but rather to humans suffering some serious medical condition ( most likely endemic cretinism ) and that his use of the word was misunderstood by Nicolaes Tulp , who was the first to use the term in a publication . 

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 Boer tradition of the time dictated that men were entitled to choose two 6 @,@ 000 @-@ acre ( 24 km2 ) farms — one for crops and one for grazing — upon becoming enfranchised burghers at the age of 16 . Kruger set up his home at Waterkloof , near Rustenburg in the Magaliesberg area . This concluded , he wasted little time in pursuing the hand of Maria du Plessis , the daughter of a fellow Voortrekker south of the Vaal ; she was only 14 years old when they married in Potchefstroom in 1842 . The same year Kruger was elected a deputy field cornet — " a singular honour at seventeen " , Meintjes comments . This role combined the civilian duties of a local magistrate with a military rank equivalent to that of a junior commissioned officer . 

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 South Africa , 1899 – 1902 ( inherited ) . 

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 The Dutch East India Company had founded the Cape Colony on the southern tip of Africa in 1652 as a way station for its ships travelling to and from its colonies in the East Indies . Britain formally acquired the colony , and its large Afrikaner ( or Boer ) population in 1806 , having occupied it in 1795 to prevent its falling into French hands , following the invasion of the Netherlands by France . British immigration began to rise after 1820 , and pushed thousands of Boers , resentful of British rule , northwards to found their own — mostly short @-@ lived — independent republics , during the Great Trek of the late 1830s and early 1840s . In the process the Voortrekkers clashed repeatedly with the British , who had their own agenda with regard to colonial expansion in South Africa and with several African polities , including those of the Sotho and the Zulu nations . Eventually the Boers established two republics which had a longer lifespan : the South African Republic or Transvaal Republic ( 1852 – 77 ; 1881 – 1902 ) and the Orange Free State ( 1854 – 1902 ) . In 1902 Britain occupied both republics , concluding a treaty with the two Boer Republics following the Second Boer War ( 1899 – 1902 ) . 

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 The Dutch municipality of Sint @-@ Oedenrode , named after the Scottish princess Saint Oda , uses a version of the flag of Scotland , defaced with a gold castle having on both sides a battlement . 
