Kaffir
noun
- : in these senses, regarded as contemptuous
- a member of any of several Bantu-speaking peoples of S Africa
- Xhosa
- kafir
- South Afr. a black African: a contemptuous term
See Kaffir in American Heritage Dictionary 4
also kaf·ir (kăfˈər)
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.
also Kaf·ir (kăfˈər)
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.
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