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from The Century Dictionary.

  • See Kafir.

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Examples

  • The word kaffir, sometimes spelt kaffer or kafir, is an offensive term for a black person, most common in South Africa and other African countries.

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009

  • Whereas my mother told us allegorical fairy tales to teach us to hate laziness, many among the Afrikaners and other besides, said this is a matter of fact - die kaffer is lui!

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1997

  • Whereas my mother told us allegorical fairy tales to teach us to hate laziness, many among the Afrikaners and other besides, said this is a matter of fact - die kaffer is lui!

    ADDRESS BY THABO MBEKI AT LAUNCH OF BUSINESS ARTS SOUTH AFRICA 1997

  • Evidence was presented of numerous instances of the use of racially abusive language ( 'kaffer, bobbie (bobbejaan) etc') by Maj De Klerk, and of a conscious and with refusal to process applications for promotion by black Policemen, which might have resulted in the attainment of a level of seriously equal to or higher than that of white Officers at the Station.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1995

  • Another supporter quipped: "I'm glad there are no kaffer cops here" while one woman pointed to an inquisitive passerby, saying:

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1992

  • The milk thus presented is emblematical of peace and amity; the honey of welcome: to refuse eating or tasting what is thus presented, is considered, among this patriarchal people, a great breach of good manners, an inexcusable want of courtesy, which they say none but a _kaffer_ [170] would commit.

    An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of Africa Abd Salam Shabeeny

  • If a Christian is dead, the expression is _Mat el kaffer, or Mat el karan, or Mat bel karan_, "The infidel is dead, the cuckold, or the son of a cuckold is dead."

    An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of Africa Abd Salam Shabeeny

  • If you trace your lineage even further back you'll probably find you are a direct descendant of 'Lucy' who originated in what is now Ethiopia, which makes you a kaffer.

    Army Rumour Service 2010

  • If you trace your lineage even further back you'll probably find you are a direct descendant of 'Lucy' who originated in what is now Ethiopia, which makes you a kaffer.

    Army Rumour Service 2010

  • There are to many whites who just want to hug a kaffer, feel sorry for the kaffer, want to give everything to the kaffer.

    Muti 2008

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