Kaffir
Kaf·fir [ ˈka-fər]
[ˈka-fər]
variants: or Kafir
1 archaic : a member of a group of southern African Bantu-speaking peoples
2 often not capitalized,
chiefly South Africa,
offensive; see usage paragraph below —used as an insulting and contemptuous term for a black African First Known Use of Kaffir
1778, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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