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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)