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kaffir
noun- a black person, especially a black African SOUTH AFRICA, 1607
Offensive, contemptuous, often abusive; its use is actionable under South African law as a crimen injuria (a wilful injury to a person’s dignity caused by, for instance, the use of obscene language or racial insults). Also applied in an adjectival sense. - I smelt worse than a kaffir toilet, worse than the pigs at home. — Bryce Courtenay, Power of One, p. 5, 1989
- [T]he [tram-] conductor turned to Ismail and J.N. and said in Afrikaans that their "kaffir friend" was not allowed on. — Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, p. 92, 1994
- A war instigated by "uppity blacks," "cheeky kaffirs," "bolshy muntus," "restless natives," "the houts." — Alexandra Fuller, Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight, p. 26, 2001
- any person who does not accept Islam TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
From the Hindi for ‘infidel”. - — Lise Winer, Dictionary of the English/Creole of Trinidad & Tobago, 2003
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