Kaf·fir also Kaf·ir (k f  r)n. pl. Kaffir or Kaf·firs also Kafir or Kaf·irs 1. Offensive a. A Xhosa. b. often kaffir Used especially in southern Africa as a disparaging term for a Black person. 2. Kafir A Nuristani. 3. also kaffir Islam An infidel. [Arabic k  fir, infidel; see giaour.] |
| kaf·fir also kaf·ir (kfr) n. 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. [Short for kaffir corn, probably translation of Afrikaans kafferkoring : kaffer, Kaffir (from Arabic k fir; see Kaffir) + koring, corn.] |
Kaffir, Kafir [ˈkæfə]
n pl -firs, -fir
1. Offensive
a. (in southern Africa) any Black African
b. (as modifier) Kaffir farming
2. (Linguistics / Languages) a former name for the Xhosa language
3. (Non-Christian Religions / Islam) Offensive (among Muslims) a non-Muslim or infidel
[from Arabic kāfir infidel, from kafara to deny, refuse to believe]
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| Noun | 1. |  kaffir - important for human and animal food; growth habit and stem form similar to Indian corn but having sawtooth-edged leavessorghum - economically important Old World tropical cereal grass |
| 2. | kaffir - an offensive and insulting term for any Black African Republic of South Africa, South Africa - a republic at the southernmost part of Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1910; first European settlers were Dutch (known as Boers) Black African - an African who is Black |
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