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kafir
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun kafir has 2 senses
- kafir(n = noun.person) caffer, caffre, kaffir - an offensive and insulting term for any Black African; Array is a kind of black african
- kafir(n = noun.person) Array - a member of the Kafir people in northeastern Afghanistan; Array is a kind of afghan, afghanistani
CIDE DICTIONARY
kafir, n. [Ar. k infidel, pagan, fr. kafara to be skeptical in religious matters; -- a name given to certain infidel races by the Mohammedans. Cf. Giaour.].
- One of a race which, with the Hottentots and Bushmen, inhabit South Africa. They inhabit the country north of Cape Colony, the name being now specifically applied to the tribes living between Cape Colony and Natal, including the Ponda, Xosa, and Tembu; but the Zulus of Natal are true Kaffirs. [1913 Webster]
- Any Black African; -- a disparaging and offensive term used by white South Africans. [WordNet 1.5]
kafir, n.
Same as Kaffir. [WordNet 1.5]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
kafir, n. a native of the Hindu Kush mountains of NE Afghanistan.
Etymology
formed as KAFFIR
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