bigot
a person with fixed opinions
TRANSLATION
der Betbruder, die Betschwester, der Eiferer, der Fanatiker, der Frömmler
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
"Geoff Howard is a likeable man but he's also a deeply frustrated one. Some might call him a middle-aged racist, a white BIGOT..."
(Paul Palmer, The Guardian, 09 May 2002)
(Paul Palmer, The Guardian, 09 May 2002)
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bigot
One who is strongly partial to one's own group, religion, race, or politics and is intolerant of those who differ.
French, from Old French.
Word History: Bigots may have more in common with God than one might think. Legend has it that Rollo, the first duke of Normandy, refused to kiss the foot of the French king Charles III, uttering the phrase bi got, his borrowing of the assumed Old English equivalent of our expression by God. Bigot was also used by the French as a term of abuse for the Normans, but not in a religious sense. Later, however, the word, or very possibly a homonym, was used abusively in French for the Beguines, members of a Roman Catholic lay sisterhood. From the 15th century on Old French bigot meant "an excessively devoted or hypocritical person."
Bigot is first recorded in English in 1598 with the sense "a superstitious hypocrite."
(American Heritage Dictionary)
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630 neurosis
629 misinterpret
628 BIGOT
627 botanical
626 centralize
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(2) Number of Google hits: 146,000
One who is strongly partial to one's own group, religion, race, or politics and is intolerant of those who differ.
French, from Old French.
Word History: Bigots may have more in common with God than one might think. Legend has it that Rollo, the first duke of Normandy, refused to kiss the foot of the French king Charles III, uttering the phrase bi got, his borrowing of the assumed Old English equivalent of our expression by God. Bigot was also used by the French as a term of abuse for the Normans, but not in a religious sense. Later, however, the word, or very possibly a homonym, was used abusively in French for the Beguines, members of a Roman Catholic lay sisterhood. From the 15th century on Old French bigot meant "an excessively devoted or hypocritical person."
Bigot is first recorded in English in 1598 with the sense "a superstitious hypocrite."
(American Heritage Dictionary)
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How important is the word BIGOT for your English?
(1) Frequency position from the World Bank of English:
...
630 neurosis
629 misinterpret
628 BIGOT
627 botanical
626 centralize
...
(2) Number of Google hits: 146,000
