English Explanatory Dictionary

boondocker

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A kind of combat boot worn in the US Marine Corps.
  2. A person who lives in a rural location.
  3. A party held in a rural location.

Word forms

boondocker boondockers

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bunduk Tagalog bundokbor. English boondock Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āsjos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English boondocker From boondock + -er. Adopted by 1944 as U.S. services slang word for field boots during World War II under the U.S. military.

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