Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
either of two wars: the first when the Boers fought England in order to regain the independence they had given up to obtain British help against the Zulus (1880-1881);
the second when the Orange Free State and Transvaal declared war on Britain (1899-1902);
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Boer War
n 1: either of two wars: the first when the Boers fought England
in order to regain the independence they had given up to
obtain British help against the Zulus (1880-1881); the
second when the Orange Free State and Transvaal declared
war on Britain (1899-1902)