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Kafir

American  
[kaf-er, key-fer, kah-] / ˈkæf ər, ˈkeɪ fər, ˈkɑ- /

noun

PLURAL

Kafirs

PLURAL

Kafir

  1. Also called Nuristani.  a member of an Indo-European people of Nuristan.

  2. Islam.  none kafir a person who has no religious faith; unbeliever.

  3. Kaffir.

  4. Also called kafir corn.  none kafir Also kaffir. a grain sorghum, Sorghum bicolor caffrorum, having stout, short-jointed, leafy stalks, introduced into the United States from southern Africa.

Kafir British  
/ ˈkæfə /

noun

  1. another name for the Nuri

  2. a variant spelling of Kaffir

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Etymology

Origin of Kafir

First recorded in 1830–40 as Kaffirs; Kaffir

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