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kaffir:
(also ‘kafir’)
a kaffir
a black African {used as an insulting word, therefore, not to be used in formal situations};
(in Islam) a non-Muslim; an infidel
(kaffir lime)
{Note: ‘kaffir’ was used for the language of Xhosa, a tribe in South Africa — ‘Xh’ in Xhosa is said with a ‘k’ sound, as in “king” — ‘kosa’, and [...]
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