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English Dictionary: kafir by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
kafir
n
  1. an offensive and insulting term for any Black African [syn: kaffir, kafir, caffer, caffre]
  2. a member of the Kafir people in northeastern Afghanistan
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Kaffir \Kaf"fir\, Kafir \Ka"fir\, n. [Ar. k[?]fir infidel,
      pagan, fr. kafara to be skeptical in religious matters; -- a
      name given to certain infidel races by the Mohammedans. Cf.
      {Giaour}.] (Ethnol.)
      (a) One of a race which, with the Hottentots and Bushmen,
            inhabit South Africa. They inhabit the country north of
            Cape Colony, the name being now specifically applied to
            the tribes living between Cape Colony and Natal; but the
            Zulus of Natal are true Kaffirs.
      (b) One of a race inhabiting Kafiristan in Central Asia.
            [Spelt also {Caffre}.]
  
      {Kaffir corn} (Bot.), a Cape Colony name for Indian millet.
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