kaffir

English Thesaurus

1. an offensive and insulting term for any Black African (noun.person)

hypernym	:	black african,
definition	:	an African who is Black (noun.person)

domain region	:	republic of south africa, south africa,
definition	:	a republic at the southernmost part of Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1910; first European settlers were Dutch (known as Boers) (noun.location)

domain usage	:	depreciation, derogation, disparagement,
definition	:	a communication that belittles somebody or something (noun.communication)

2. important for human and animal food; growth habit and stem form similar to Indian corn but having sawtooth-edged leaves (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	sorghum,
definition	:	economically important Old World tropical cereal grass (noun.plant)