Important for human and animal food; growth habit and stem form similar to Indian corn but having sawtooth-edged leaves.
A slur used to refer to indigenous black people in South Africa; derived from the Arabic term for "unbeliever", i.e. pagan.
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Examples for "kafir"
Examples for "kafir"
1
Your highness is just in your indignation-thekafir deserves to be impaled.
2
And the king said, I have been foolish, I have been weak, to waste words on this kafir.
3
One of his attendants here abruptly asked, what a Christian was "Why, a kafir," rejoined the governor.
4
The Kafir thief had driven them off in the direction of Somerset.
5
There is no difficulty in distinguishing at first sight Moslem from Kafir.
1
It was the caffre corn of Africa, and had every appearance of proving a useful grain.
2
The ship was sent out at the time of the Caffre war.
3
Mokanna, after using every exertion, accompanied the Caffre army in their flight.
4
I forgot, in describing my journey, the regal-looking Caffre housemaid at Eerste River.
5
Another and smaller bridles the fierce Caffre tribes of South Africa.
1
The African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) has been implicated as the reservoir of several bovine infectious agents.
2
But the most surprising plant of the Desert is the "Kengwe or Keme" ('Cucumis caffer'), the watermelon.
3
The flesh that is the least adapted for drying is that of the buffalo (Bos Caffer), which is exceedingly tough and coarse.
1
He was on a kaffir path heading out to who knows where.
2
I gave you your kaffir concert, now I want my brigadier concert!
3
I admit I phoned Pretoria about the kaffir concert, I admit that.
4
Always remember, when you hit a kaffir, stay away from his head.
5
But Granpa Chook had done enough running for one old kaffir chicken.
6
You got to watch the kaffir, or the black bastard pinches everything.
7
You and your stupid kaffir chicken are dead meat when he comes.
8
There was a clear view from the kaffir path to the curtained window.
9
I left him on the kaffir path and came straight home.
10
For sure they'd keep kaffir chickens, and Granpa Chook could board with them.
11
The boy wasn't lost; he walked as if he owned the kaffir path.
12
First we'll check the kaffir path and then The Protea Guesthouse.
13
In a saucepan heat stock, kaffir lime leaves and lemongrass until piping hot.
14
He was only a kaffir, but I miss him a lot, he confided.
15
I swear I was at home the night the kaffir died.
16
Shabalala picked the old soldier up and raced along the narrow kaffir path.
