Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun kaffir

2 senses of kaffir

Sense 1
great millet, kaffir, kafir corn, kaffir corn, Sorghum bicolor -- (important for human and animal food; growth habit and stem form similar to Indian corn but having sawtooth-edged leaves)
       => sorghum -- (economically important Old World tropical cereal grass)

Sense 2
kaffir, kafir, caffer, caffre -- (an offensive and insulting term for any Black African)
       => Black African -- (an African who is Black)