giaourn.
/dʒaʊ/ A Turkish term of reproach for non-Muslims, esp. Christians.
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1589 A. Jenkinson in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations ii. 370 Hee [sc. the Sophy of Persia] reasoned with me much of religion, demaunding whether I were a Gower, that is to say, an vnbeleever or a Muselman, that is, of Mahomets lawe.
1609 W. Biddulph Trauels Certaine Englishmen 100 He will strike him againe, and say, What, Goure? Doest thou curse me..?
1654 E. Wolley tr. ‘G. de Scudéry’ Curia Politiæ 28 Have you never heard them call the Christians, Jaours, that is, Doggs?
1676 tr. G. Guillet de Saint-Georges Acct. Voy. Athens 329 The Eunuch..set him..to threaten the Christian [Corsaire], incouraging him as soon as they came within distance to call them Giaours.
1682 G. Wheler Journey into Greece ii. 199 He..was reproachfully sent away with the Name of Goure, or Infidel.
1786 S. Henley tr. W. Beckford Arabian Tale 25 Accursed Giaour! what comest thou hither to do?
1813 Ld. Byron Giaour 22 Who falls in battle 'gainst a Giaour, Is worthiest an immortal bower.
1881 Harper's Mag. July 248 An unadulterated Arab place of entertainment, seldom profaned by the presence of giaours.
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