Kaffir

(kaf′ər)

noun

: in these senses, regarded as contemptuous
1. a member of any of several Bantu-speaking peoples of S Africa
2. Xhosa
kafir
South Afr. a black African: a contemptuous term

Origin: Ar kāfir, infidel < prp. of kafara, to be irreligious

See Kaffir in American Heritage Dictionary 4

also kaf·ir

noun

A tropical African variety of sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) grown in dry regions and in the Great Plains for grain and forage. Also called kaffir corn.

Origin:

Origin: Short for kaffir corn

Origin: , probably translation of Afrikaans kafferkoring

Origin: : kaffer, Kaffir (from Arabic kāfir; see kaffir )

Origin: + koring, corn

also Kaf·ir

noun pl. kaffir Kaffir or Kaf·firs also Kafir or Kaf·irs

Offensive
a. A Xhosa.
b. often kaffir Used especially in southern Africa as a disparaging term for a Black person.
Kafir A Nuristani.
also kaffir Islam An infidel.

Origin:

Origin: Arabic kāfir, infidel; see giaour

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