| slovo | definícia |
kaffir
(encz) | kaffir,černý afričan n: [slang.] opovržlivý výraz BartyCok |
kaffir
(encz) | kaffir,kafr n: BartyCok |
Kaffir
(gcide) | Kaffir \Kaf"fir\ (k[a^]f"f[~e]r), Kafir \Ka"fir\
(k[aum]"f[~e]r), n. [Ar. k[=a]fir infidel, pagan, fr. kafara
to be skeptical in religious matters; -- a name given to
certain infidel races by the Mohammedans. Cf. Giaour.]
1. (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, including the Ponda, Xosa, and Tembu; but the
Zulus of Natal are true Kaffirs.
(b) One of a race inhabiting Kafiristan in Central Asia.
[Spelt also Caffre.]
[1913 Webster]
2. Any Black African; -- a disparaging and offensive term
used by white South Africans. [South Africa]
Syn: kaffir, caffer, caffre.
[WordNet 1.5]
Kaffir corn (Bot.), a Cape Colony name for Indian millet.
[1913 Webster] |
kaffir
(wn) | kaffir
n 1: important for human and animal food; growth habit and stem
form similar to Indian corn but having sawtooth-edged
leaves [syn: great millet, kaffir, kafir corn,
kaffir corn, Sorghum bicolor]
2: an offensive and insulting term for any Black African [syn:
kaffir, kafir, caffer, caffre] |
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kaffir
(encz) | kaffir,černý afričan n: [slang.] opovržlivý výraz BartyCokkaffir,kafr n: BartyCok |
kaffir boom
(encz) | kaffir boom, n: |
kaffir bread
(encz) | kaffir bread, n: |
kaffir cat
(encz) | kaffir cat,divoká kočka n: divoká kočka nacházející se v Africe a
Asii web |
kaffir corn
(encz) | kaffir corn, n: |
Kaffir corn
(gcide) | Kaffir \Kaf"fir\ (k[a^]f"f[~e]r), Kafir \Ka"fir\
(k[aum]"f[~e]r), n. [Ar. k[=a]fir infidel, pagan, fr. kafara
to be skeptical in religious matters; -- a name given to
certain infidel races by the Mohammedans. Cf. Giaour.]
1. (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, including the Ponda, Xosa, and Tembu; but the
Zulus of Natal are true Kaffirs.
(b) One of a race inhabiting Kafiristan in Central Asia.
[Spelt also Caffre.]
[1913 Webster]
2. Any Black African; -- a disparaging and offensive term
used by white South Africans. [South Africa]
Syn: kaffir, caffer, caffre.
[WordNet 1.5]
Kaffir corn (Bot.), a Cape Colony name for Indian millet.
[1913 Webster] |
Zulu-Kaffir
(gcide) | Zulu-Kaffir \Zu"lu-Kaf"fir\, n.
A member of the Bantu race comprising the Zulus and the
Kaffirs.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]Zulu \Zu"lu\ (z[=oo]"l[=oo]), prop. n. [Also Zooloo.]
1. Any member of the tribe of Zulus; a Zulu-Kaffir. See
Zulus.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. (Philol.) One of the most important members of the South
African, or Bantu, family of languages, spoken partly in
Natal and partly in Zululand, but understood, and more or
less in use, over a wide territory, at least as far north
as the Zambezi; -- called also Zulu-Kaffir.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
3. A word used in spoken communications to represent the
letter Z.
[PJC] |
kaffir
(wn) | kaffir
n 1: important for human and animal food; growth habit and stem
form similar to Indian corn but having sawtooth-edged
leaves [syn: great millet, kaffir, kafir corn,
kaffir corn, Sorghum bicolor]
2: an offensive and insulting term for any Black African [syn:
kaffir, kafir, caffer, caffre] |
kaffir boom
(wn) | kaffir boom
n 1: small semi-evergreen tree of South Africa having dense
clusters of clear scarlet flowers and red seeds [syn:
kaffir boom, Transvaal kafferboom, {Erythrina
lysistemon}]
2: small semi-evergreen broad-spreading tree of eastern South
Africa with orange-scarlet flowers and small coral-red seeds;
yields a light soft wood used for fence posts or shingles
[syn: kaffir boom, Cape kafferboom, Erythrina caffra] |
kaffir bread
(wn) | kaffir bread
n 1: South African cycad; the farinaceous pith of the fruit used
as food [syn: kaffir bread, Encephalartos caffer] |
kaffir cat
(wn) | kaffir cat
n 1: widely distributed wildcat of Africa and Asia Minor [syn:
kaffir cat, caffer cat, Felis ocreata] |
kaffir corn
(wn) | kaffir corn
n 1: important for human and animal food; growth habit and stem
form similar to Indian corn but having sawtooth-edged
leaves [syn: great millet, kaffir, kafir corn,
kaffir corn, Sorghum bicolor] |
kaffir pox
(wn) | Kaffir pox
n 1: a mild form of smallpox caused by a less virulent form of
the virus [syn: alastrim, variola minor,
pseudosmallpox, pseudovariola, milk pox, white pox,
West Indian smallpox, Cuban itch, Kaffir pox] |
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