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Definition of Caffre
1. Noun. An offensive and insulting term for any Black African.
Language type: Depreciation, Derogation, Disparagement
Geographical relationships: Republic Of South Africa, South Africa
Generic synonyms: Black African
Definition of Caffre
1. n. See Kaffir.
Definition of Caffre
1. Noun. (obsolete form of kaffir) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Caffre
Literary usage of Caffre
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of Europe, from the Fall of Napoleon, in 1815, to the Accession of by Archibald Alison (1859)
"As this act deprived the colonists of their The caffre tribes could bring three
thousand ... Sensible of their advantage, they caffre war, had for long been ..."
2. Travels in Southern Africa in the Years, 1803, 1804, 1805 and 1806 by Hinrich Lichtenstein, Anne Plumptre (1812)
"Journey into the caffre Country, and Interview with the King ... Transactions of
the Commandant Al' berti in the caffre Country. ..."
3. Proceedings of the Philological Society by Louis Loewe, Philological Society (Great Britain) (1850)
"On certain Additions to the Vocabularies of the caffre Languages." By RG Latham,
MD The present paper is submitted to the Society with the view of directing ..."
4. Universal Geography: Or a Description of All Parts of the World, on a New by Conrad Malte-Brun (1824)
"... to the country of the Hottentots, the geographical names shew caffre.
the prevalence of the caffre language, ..."
5. Curiosities of Savage Life by James Greenwood (1865)
"caffre warfare—Great cry and little carnage—A caffre war chant—War song of the
renowned ... caffre ..."
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