Complete Definition of "kaffir"

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English

Noun
kaffir

  1. South Africa an offensive term for a black person

#*1976 Sir Percy Fitzpatrick Jock of the Bushveld p.210 Longman ISBN0582161231
::As far as I know, the first incident arose out of the intrusion of a strange kaffir at one of the outspans.

Translations

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Swedish: kaffer c

Related terms
kaffir corn: millet
Kaffir beer: beer made from millet.

Alternative spellings
caffre
kaffer
kaphar
kaphir
kafari

See also
kafir
w:Kaffir (ethnic slur)|Kaffir (ethnic slur) in Wikipedia

Category:South African English

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