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bigot definition

bigot (bigət)

noun

  1. a person who holds blindly and intolerantly to a particular creed, opinion, etc.
  2. a narrow-minded, prejudiced person

Etymology: Fr < OFr, a term of insult used of Normans, apparently a Norman oath < ? ME bi god, by God

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