Definition of Kaffer
{ Kaf"fir (kăf"f&etilde;r), Ka"fir
(kä"f&etilde;r), } n. [Ar. kāfir
infidel, pagan, fr. kafara to be skeptical in religious
matters; -- a name given to certain infidel races by the Mohammedans.
Cf. Giaour.] (Ethnol.) (a) One of
a race which, with the Hottentots and Bushmen, inhabit South Africa.
They inhabit the country north of Cape Colony, the name being now
specifically applied to the tribes living between Cape Colony and
Natal; but the Zulus of Natal are true Kaffirs.
(b) One of a race inhabiting Kafiristan in
Central Asia. [Spelt also Caffre.]
Kaffir corn (Bot.), a Cape Colony
name for Indian millet.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- an African corn, Sorghum bicolor, used for both human and animal food
- (South Africa) an offensive term for a black person
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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