Giaour
/ˈd͡ʒaʊə/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
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Noun
- 1 A non-Muslim, especially a Christian, an infidel; especially as used by Turkish people with particular reference to Christians such as Greeks, Armenians, Bulgarians, Serbs and Assyrians. slur
"And far beyond the Moslem's power / Had wrong'd him with the faithless Giaour."
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More examples"And far beyond the Moslem's power / Had wrong'd him with the faithless Giaour."
Etymology
Borrowed from French giaour, from Ottoman Turkish كاور (gâvur), from Classical Persian گَاوُر (gāwur), a variant of گَبْر (gabr, “infidel”); see there for more. Doublet of Gheber and Gueber.