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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 is also used to refer to a kind of grass plant and its grain — ‘xhosa corn’ and kind of lime — kaffir lime — which is used as a herb in some Asian countries, especially in Thailand.}

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