boar Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun Old World wild swine having a narrow body and prominent tusks from which most domestic swine come; introduced in United States
    Sus scrofa; wild boar.
  2. noun an uncastrated male hog

WordNet

Boar noun
Etymology
OE. bar, bor, bore, AS. bar; akin to OHG. pr, MHG. br, G. bär, boar (but not bär bear), and perh. Russ. borov' boar.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) The uncastrated male of swine; specifically, the wild hog.

Webster 1913