DICT.TW Dictionary Taiwan
3.143.23.38
Search for:
▼[Show options]
[Pronunciation] [Help] [Database Info] [Server Info]

3 definitions found

From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 Kaf·ir /ˈkæfɚ/
 卡非爾人;一種玉蜀黍

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Kaf·fir Ka·fir n.
 1. 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, including the Ponda, Xosa, and Tembu; 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.
 ◄ ►

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 kafir
      n 1: an offensive term for any Black African [syn: kaffir, caffer,
            caffre]
      2: a member of the Kafir people in northeastern Afghanistan