kaffir

noun6

1. •
   (offensive) In Islamic contexts, a non-Muslim.

   • He […] put me in imminent danger of my life, by telling the natives that I was a Caffer, and not a Mussulman. — 1804
2. •
   (offensive) A member of the Nguni people of southern Africa, especially a Xhosa.

   • … the Hambonaas, a nation quite different from the Kaffers, having a yellowish complexion […]. — 1792
3. •
   (South-Africa, offensive) A black person.

   • I rang the bell, and a smiling Kafir boy answered it. — 1924
4. •
   (offensive, historical) A language spoken by the Nguni peoples of southern Africa, especially Xhosa.

   • This man, seeing a white person enter, moved aside for her, but she saw Joss's eyes on her, and said in kitchen kaffir, ‘No, when you've finished.’ — 1952
5. •
   Ellipsis of kaffir corn.
6. •
   (slang, historical) South African mining shares