Meanings
nouncaffre (plural caffres)
plural caffres
- obsoleteObsolete form of kaffir.First known use 17th–19th c.
A boat, with only caffres in her, having fruit to sell, came off, and we purchased pines, oranges, plantains, guavas, star apples, etc.
1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 165
Synonyms & antonyms
nounan offensive and insulting term for any Black African
Broader
Black African
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