the giaour

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Definition of the giaour in English English dictionary
giaour: A non-Muslim, especially a Christian, an infidel; especially as used by Turkish people with particular reference to Christians like Greeks, Armenians, Bulgarians, Serbs and Assyrians
I shudder in delight when I think of two-hundred-year-old books, dating back to the time of Tamerlane, volumes for which acquisitive giaours gleefully relinquish gold pieces and which they carry all the way back to their own countries .
giaour: An infidel; a term applied by Turks to disbelievers in the Mohammedan religion, especially Christrians
giaour: {i} infidel; non-believer (used by the Turks to disbelievers in the Muslim religion, especially Christians)
giaour: A nonbeliever; an infidel
giaour: A non-Muslim, especially a Christian; an infidel

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