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Meanings of caffer in English

An offensive and insulting term for any Black African.

Usage of caffer in English
1
The African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) has been implicated as the reservoir of several bovine infectious agents.
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2
But the most surprising plant of the Desert is the "Kengwe or Keme" ('Cucumis caffer'), the watermelon.
Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa
3
The flesh that is the least adapted for drying is that of the buffalo (Bos Caffer), which is exceedingly tough and coarse.
The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia, and the Sword Hunters of the ...
Caffer through the time