Giaour

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Islam A nonbeliever; an infidel.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A non-Muslim, especially a Christian, an infidel; especially as used by Turkish people with particular reference to Christians such as Greeks, Armenians, Bulgarians, Serbs and Assyrians.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. An infidel; -- a term applied by Turks to disbelievers in the Mohammedan religion, especially Christrians.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. An infidel: used by the Turks to designate an adherent of any religion except the Mohammedan, more particularly a Christian, and so commonly that it does not necessarily imply an insult.
  • Word Usage
    "He spoke apologetically to the holy man, alluded to the "giaour" more than once, and proceeded to give Dick"
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    infidel   
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