/kaf"euhr, kah"feuhr/ , n. , pl. Kaffirs , ( esp. collectively ) Kaffir .
1. Disparaging and Offensive. (in South Africa) a black person: originally used of the Xhosa people only.
2. ( l.c. ) kafir (def. 4).
3. ( l.c. ) Islam. kafir (def. 2).
[ 1780-90; kafir unbeliever, infidel, skeptic ]