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Bigot Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Bigot? [n] a prejudiced person who is intolerant of any opinions differing from his own Synonyms \| Synonyms for Bigot: Related Terms \| Find terms related to Bigot: Anglophobe \| approver \| ass \| bitter-ender \| bug \| bullethead \| chauvinist \| diehard \| doctrinaire \| dogmatist \| dogmatizer \| donkey \| fanatic \| fiend \| freak \| hardnose \| hater \| illiberal \| infallibilist \| intolerant \| intransigeant \| intransigent \| jingo \| last-ditcher \| male chauvinist \| man-hater \| maniac \| maverick \| misanthrope \| misanthropist \| misogynist \| mule \| nut \| opinionist \| perverse fool \| pig \| pighead \| positivist \| purist \| racist \| Russophobe \| sexist \| standpat \| standpatter \| stickler \| superpatriot \| ultranationalist \| woman-hater \| xenophobe \| zealot See Also \| antifeminist \| chauvinist \| homophobe \| partisan \| racialist \| racist \| sectarian \| segregationist \| segregator \| zealot Bigot In Webster's Dictionary \Big"ot\, n. [F. bigot a bigot or hypocrite, a name once given to the Normans in France. Of unknown origin; possibly akin to Sp. bigote a whisker; hombre de bigote a man of spirit and vigor; cf. It. s-bigottire to terrify, to appall. Wedgwood and others maintain that bigot is from the same source as Beguine, Beghard.] 1. A hypocrite; esp., a superstitious hypocrite. [Obs.] 2. A person who regards his own faith and views in matters of religion as unquestionably right, and any belief or opinion opposed to or differing from them as unreasonable or wicked. In an extended sense, a person who is intolerant of opinions which conflict with his own, as in politics or morals; one obstinately and blindly devoted to his own church, party, belief, or opinion. To doubt, where bigots had been content to wonder and believe. --Macaulay. \Big"ot\, a. Bigoted. [Obs.] In a country more bigot than ours. --Dryden.

Bigot Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Bigot?

[n] a prejudiced person who is intolerant of any opinions differing from his own

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Bigot In Webster's Dictionary

\Big"ot\, n. [F. bigot a bigot or hypocrite, a name once
given to the Normans in France. Of unknown origin; possibly
akin to Sp. bigote a whisker; hombre de bigote a man of
spirit and vigor; cf. It. s-bigottire to terrify, to appall.
Wedgwood and others maintain that bigot is from the same
source as Beguine, Beghard.]
1. A hypocrite; esp., a superstitious hypocrite. [Obs.]

2. A person who regards his own faith and views in matters of
   religion as unquestionably right, and any belief or
   opinion opposed to or differing from them as unreasonable
   or wicked. In an extended sense, a person who is
   intolerant of opinions which conflict with his own, as in
   politics or morals; one obstinately and blindly devoted to
   his own church, party, belief, or opinion.

         To doubt, where bigots had been content to wonder
         and believe.                          --Macaulay.


\Big"ot\, a.
Bigoted. [Obs.]

      In a country more bigot than ours.       --Dryden.

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