Kafir

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Variant of kaffir.
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  • n. Infidel, pagan, non-believer; a non-Muslim aside from ahl al-kitab (Christians, Jews, etc.).
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Same as kaffir.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. An unbeliever; an infidel: applied malevolently by Mohammedans to Christians and pagan negroes.
  • n. One of a South African race, inhabiting parts of Cape Colony, Natal, and neighboring lands: so called originally by the Mohammedan inhabitants of eastern Africa, on account of their refusal to accept the faith of Mohammed.
  • n. The language of the Kafirs, a branch of the South African or Bantu family. It is also called Zulu-Kafir.
  • n. One of a race inhabiting Kafiristan, a mountainous region on the northeast of Afghanistan, who have always maintained their independence and resisted conversion to Mohammedanism.
  • Of or belonging to the Kafirs: as, the Kafir tongue; Kafir customs.
  • Also written Caffer, Caffre, Kaffer, Kaffre.
  • n. plural The stock-exchange term for South African mine shares.
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  • n. a member of the Kafir people in northeastern Afghanistan
  • n. an offensive and insulting term for any Black African
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Afghan    afghanistani    black african   
    Cross Reference
    kafir butter    kafir piano    kafir chestnut    kafir cotton    kafir's simitar-tree    kaffir    takfir   
    Variant
    Kaffir    kaffir   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    kaffir    caffer    caffre   
     
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