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Kaf·ir

 (kăf′ər)
n.
1. Often Offensive A former designation for a member of the Nuristani people.
2. Offensive A Kaffir.
[Ultimately from Arabic kāfir, infidel; see kafir. Sense 1, from the fact that the majority of the Nuristani were not converted to Islam until the late 19th century.]

kaf·ir

 (kăf′ər)
n. Islam
A non-Muslim person.
[Arabic kāfir, unbeliever, infidel; see giaour.]
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Kafir

(ˈkæfə)
n, pl -irs or -ir
1. (Peoples) another name for the Nuri
2. a variant spelling of Kaffir
[C19: from Arabic; see Kaffir]
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Kaf•ir

(ˈkæf ər, ˈkɑ fər)

n.
1. Nuristani.
2. (l.c.) Islam. an infidel or unbeliever.
3. (l.c.) Also called kaf′ir corn`. a grain sorghum, Sorghum bicolor caffrorum, having stout, short-jointed, leafy stalks.
Also, kaffir (for defs. 2, 4).
[1795–1805; < Arabic; see Kaffir]
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Kafir

A variety of sorghum. Old textbooks sometimes listed kafir-corn as being separate from the sorghums.
1001 Words and Phrases You Never Knew You Didn’t Know by W.R. Runyan Copyright © 2011 by W.R. Runyan
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.kafir - an offensive and insulting term for any Black African
kaffir
depreciation - a communication that belittles somebody or something
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
2.Kafir - a member of the Kafir people in northeastern Afghanistan
Afghanistani, Afghan - a native or inhabitant of Afghanistan
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'I have no regard for the devils of Hind, but the Sons of Eblis are far otherwise, and whether they be jumalee [well-affected] or jullalee [terrible) they love not Kafirs.'
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I cannot tell the rights of it, but at any rate I have never stolen, though once I cheated a Kafir out of a herd of cattle.
You said in it that the gentleman called Neville left Bamangwato at the beginning of May in a wagon with a driver, a voorlooper, and a Kafir hunter called Jim, announcing his intention of trekking if possible as far as Inyati, the extreme trading post in the Matabele country, where he would sell his wagon and proceed on foot.
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[1] The Kafir witch-doctors use the knuckle-bones of animals in their magic rites, throwing them something as we throw dice.--ED.
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According to Feraz Laiq Hasan, ISIS militants taught children to beat and kill and see enemies and "kafirs" in all people.
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"He pledged to convert all the Kafirs (read: non-muslims) into Islam.
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And of course, there were no angles in the skies over Sargodha or Lahore in white robes and green turbans fighting alongside the Pakistani soldiers killing Hindoo kafirs. I didn't see any and I personally checked it up from late Sq Ldr M.M.
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"We are Muslims, they are kafirs (non-believers)," the man says.
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Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang should be more consistent in who he considers as infidels (kafirs), Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said today.
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One text message that has been shared on social media blamed the 'kafirs' (nonbelievers, non-Muslims) for the destruction caused by the fighting between government forces and Maute terrorists.
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This Islamic background and Kipling's references to Allah and Kafirs (antonym of mu'minoon) may reveal that these verses are originally Islamic.
An Islamic reading of Rudyard Kipling's poetry
This, he said was despite the fact that the MNA from Mardan has violated the constitution as well as law of the country by allegedly citing all non Muslims, including Christians, as "Kafirs".
Catholic Association regrets MNA's inability to withdraw remark about Christians

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