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Definition of Kaffirs

Kaffir
Kaffir Kaf"fir, Kafir Ka"fir, n. [Ar. k?fir infidel, pagan, fr. kafara to be skeptical in religious matters; -- a name given to certain infidel races by the Mohammedans. Cf. Giaour.] (Ethnol.) (a) One of a race which, with the Hottentots and Bushmen, inhabit South Africa. They inhabit the country north of Cape Colony, the name being now specifically applied to the tribes living between Cape Colony and Natal; but the Zulus of Natal are true Kaffirs. (b) One of a race inhabiting Kafiristan in Central Asia. [Spelt also Caffre.] Kaffir corn (Bot.), a Cape Colony name for Indian millet.

Meaning of Kaffirs from wikipedia

- Look up kaffir, Kaffir, or kafir in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Kaffir or Kafir may refer to: Kafir, a term for a non-Muslims Kaffir (racial term)...
- History of South Africa Kaffir lime Kafir Kafiristan Kaffraria Kaffrine Moors **** Sri Lankan Kaffirs List of ethnic slurs CAFR "Kaffir". Oxford English Dictionary...
- European Slave Trade 'Kaffir culture', video portrait by Kannan Arunasalam The Kaffirs of Sri Lanka – An African Connection part 1 The Kaffirs of Sri Lanka –...
- sixteenth century.[citation needed] The most likely etymology is through the Kaffirs, an ethnic group in Sri Lanka partly descended from enslaved Bantu. The...
- Kaffir lily is a common name which may refer to the following ornamental plants: Clivia miniata in the family Amaryllidaceae Hesperantha coccinea syn....
- African Sri Lankans, mainly the Sri Lanka Kaffirs, are a very small Ethnic group in Sri Lanka who are descendants of African mercenaries, musicians, and...
- colonialists arrived in about 1600, the Kaffirs worked on cinnamon plantations along the southern coast. The Kaffirs ancestors were chained up and forced...
- Zulu people (/ˈzuːluː/; Zulu: amaZulu) are a native people of Southern Africa of the Nguni. The Zulu people are the largest ethnic group and nation in...
- Kaffir Boy: The True Story of a Black Youth's Coming of Age in Apartheid South Africa is Mark Mathabane's 1986 autobiography about life under the South...
- Kaffir Folk-lore: A Selection from the Traditional Tales is a book by George McCall Theal published in 1882. It is sometimes called Kaffir (Xhosa) Folk-lore...