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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)[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.
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| Noun | 1. | kafir - an offensive and insulting term for any Black African 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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