Kafir
Americannoun
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Also called Nuristani. a member of an Indo-European people of Nuristan.
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Islam. none kafir a person who has no religious faith; unbeliever.
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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.
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Etymology
Origin of Kafir
First recorded in 1830–40 as Kaffirs; see origin at Kaffir
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"Kafir" is one spelling of an Arabic word commonly used for "unbeliever".
From BBC • Nov. 10, 2023
She writes of attending the wedding of a young girl, a native of the Kafir tribe: “Kafir girls dread being married, for it is simply taking a hard place without wages.”
From Washington Post • Jun. 25, 2020
“We fill a niche,” said Nemi Ashkar during a tour of his winery in Kafir Yassif.
From The Guardian • Oct. 4, 2019
The Ashkar family’s love of winemaking did not diminish with their move to Kafir Yassif, 30 km away.
From The Guardian • Oct. 4, 2019
She regarded the Cape as the least prosperous and promising of her colonies, with an arid soil, a population largely alien, and an apparently endless series of costly Kafir wars.
From Impressions of South Africa by Bryce, James Bryce, Viscount
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