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Webster 1913 Edition


Giaour

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Giaour

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Noun.
[Turk.
giaur
an infidel, Per.
gawr
, another form of
ghebr
fire worshiper. Cf.
Kaffir
,
Gheber
.]
An infidel; – a term applied by Turks to disbelievers in the Muslim religion, especially Christians.
Byron.