Căf'fre, n.

(-fer), n. [Ar. kâfir, infidel, pagan, from kafara, to be skeptical in religious matters. See GIAOUR.] An inhabitant of Caffraria, in South Africa;—the people were so called by the Mohammedans on account of their refusal to receive the religion of Mohammed, and the country Caffraria, land of the Caffres.

The Caffres are divided by themselves into many subdivisions. They consider the name Caffre as an insulting epithet. Livingstone.