Kaffir or Kaffer /kafˈər/ (offensive)

1. (also (formerly) Caffre or Kafir /kaˈ or käˈfər/) a black South African
2. A name applied to certain indigenous peoples of South Africa including the Xhosa, and to the languages spoken by them (historical)
3. (in pl) South African mining shares (stock exchange sl)

Of the Kaffirs or their languages

kaffˈirboom noun

(Du boom tree) the coral tree (Erythrina caffra)

kaffir bread noun

The pith of South African cycads (genus Encephalartos)

kaffir corn noun

Sorghum

Kafir /käˈfər or kafˈər/

1. An infidel (offensive; also without cap)
2. A native of Kafiristan (in Afghanistan; also Caffre)
3. A Kaffir

Kafˈiri adjective and noun

• specific resistance
• specific resistances
• specifics
• specified
• specifies
• specify
• specifying
• specimen
• specimens
• speciocide
• speciocides
• speciosities
• speciosity
• specious
• speciously
• speciousness
• speciousnesses
• speck
• specked
• speckier
• speckies
• speckiest
• specking
• speckle
• speckled