cafre

inhabitant of British Kaffraria, a former British colony in South Africa; ogre or giant believed to smoke cigars and live in old trees, especially balete (banyan) trees

From Portuguese cafre, from Arabic كَافِر (kāfir, “infidel”).

of British Kaffraria; cruel and barbaric; uncouth, boorish

From Portuguese cafre, from Arabic كَافِر (kāfir, “infidel”).