Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kaffirgram

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: kaf-fir-gram
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Mail carried by native runners, smuggled out of the siege of Mafeking during the Boer War.

Etymology

From kaffir + -gram.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: kaffir

Inflected Forms

kaffirgrams (plural)

Questions

What does kaffirgram mean?: Mail carried by native runners, smuggled out of the siege of Mafeking during the Boer War.
Where does kaffirgram come from?: From kaffir + -gram.

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