Kaffir

Quick meaning: Kaffir is a noun meaning (countable, offensive) In Islamic contexts, a non-Muslim.

Meaning

(countable, offensive) In Islamic contexts, a non-Muslim.

More Meanings

1. (countable, offensive) A member of the Nguni people of southern Africa, especially a Xhosa.
2. (countable, South Africa, Rhodesia, Namibia, ethnic slur, offensive, derogatory) A black person.
3. (uncountable, now historical, offensive) A language spoken by the Nguni peoples of southern Africa, especially Xhosa.
4. (finance, slang, historical) South African mining shares
5. (uncountable) Ellipsis of kaffir corn.

Example Sentences

I rang the bell, and a smiling Kafir boy answered it.

… the Hambonaas, a nation quite different from the Kaffers, having a yellowish complexion […].

He […] put me in imminent danger of my life, by telling the natives that I was a Caffer, and not a Mussulman.

If you ask a Kaffir why he does so-and-so, he will answer—"How can I tell? It has always been done by our forefathers."

Word Forms

• kaffirs
• kaffer
• Kaffre
• kafir
• kafari

Synonyms for kaffir

Depending on context, synonyms include caffer, caffre, kafir.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include kafir, caffer, caffre, kraal, kaffer, kaafir.

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