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KAFIR

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Overview

KAFIR (noun)
  The noun KAFIR has 2 senses:

1. an offensive and insulting term for any Black Africanplay

2. a member of the Kafir people in northeastern Afghanistanplay

  Familiarity information: KAFIR used as a noun is rare.


English dictionary: Word details


KAFIR (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An offensive and insulting term for any Black African

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

caffer; caffre; kaffir; kafir

Hypernyms ("kafir" is a kind of...):

Black African (an African who is Black)

Domain region:

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))

Domain usage:

depreciation; derogation; disparagement (a communication that belittles somebody or something)


Sense 2

Meaning:

A member of the Kafir people in northeastern Afghanistan

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Kafir" is a kind of...):

Afghan; Afghanistani (a native or inhabitant of Afghanistan)


 Learn English with... Proverbs 
"He's all hat and no cattle." (English proverb)

"Every rock strikes the feet of the poor." (Afghanistan proverb)

"Dawn does not come twice to awaken a man." (Arabic proverb)

"The word goes out but the message is lost." (Corsican proverb)



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