Kaffre

English

Noun

Kaffre (plural Kaffres)

(obsolete, South Africa) Alternative form of Kaffir.
- 1878, "The Caracal" in the Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. V, p. 81:
  In South Africa, where the caracal abounds, its hide is made by the Kaffres into skin cloaks, known as karosses.

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