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Kaffir definition

Kaf·fir (kaf′ər)

noun

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

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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