He […] put me in imminent danger of my life, by telling the natives that I was a Caffer, and not a Mussulman.
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Kaffir
//ˈkæfə//
Synonyms for "kaffir" (13 found)
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12 translations across 10 languages.
Afrikaans
2 entries- kaffer noun (black person)
- kaffers noun (black person)
Catalan
1 entries- cafre noun (black person)
Danish
1 entries- kaffer noun (black person)
Dutch
1 entries- kaffer noun (black person)
Finnish
1 entries- kafferi noun (black person)
French
1 entries- cafre noun (black person)
Greek
1 entries- κάφρος noun (black person)
Hindi
2 entries- काफ़िर noun (black person)
- काफिर noun (black person)
Russian
1 entries- кафр noun (black person)
Swedish
1 entries- kaffer noun (black person)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
… the Hambonaas, a nation quite different from the Kaffers, having a yellowish complexion […].
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I rang the bell, and a smiling Kafir boy answered it.
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If you ask a Kaffir why he does so-and-so, he will answer—"How can I tell? It has always been done by our forefathers."
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