bigot
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(bĭg'ət) 
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One who is strongly partial to one's own group, religion, race, or politics and is intolerant of those who differ.
n.
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. Although this story is almost surely apocryphal, it is true that bigot was 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."
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bigot
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Definition: intolerant, prejudiced person
Antonyms: humanitarian, liberal, tolerator
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[common] A person who is religiously attached to a particular computer, language, operating system, editor, or other tool (see religious issues). Usually found with a specifier; thus, Cray bigot, ITS bigot, APL bigot, VMS bigot, Berkeley bigot. Real bigots can be distinguished from mere partisans or zealots by the fact that they refuse to learn alternatives even when the march of time and/or technology is threatening to obsolete the favored tool. It is truly said “You can tell a bigot, but you can't tell him much.” Compare weenie, Amiga Persecution Complex.
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A cynical view of the world by Ambrose Bierce
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One who is obstinately and zealously attached to an opinion that you do not entertain.
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IN BRIEF: A narrow-minded person who is intolerant of beliefs other than his or her own.
The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of the eye: The more light you pour upon it, the more it will contract.
— Oliver Wendell Holmes
Tutor's tip: A "bigot" (person with intolerant prejudices) can "beget" (cause) anger.
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Bigot (multiple meanings)
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A bigot is a prejudiced person who is intolerant of any opinions differing from their own or intolerant of people of different political views, ethnicity, race, class, religion, profession, sexuality or gender.
Bigot can also refer to:
- As a French surname
- Eugène Bigot, conductor
- Paul Bigot, architect
- François Bigot, Intendant of New France
- Guillaume Bigot, poet
- Jacques Bigot, French politician
- Marie Bigot (1786-1820), French musician
- Trophime Bigot, French Baroque painter
- Music
- Bigot (band), a Djent band from Atlanta, GA, USA (2007–present)
- Other uses
- BIGOT list, an security/espionage term
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Bigot
Dansk (Danish)
n. - bigot, snæversynet person
Nederlands (Dutch)
fanatiekeling, dweper
Français (French)
n. - (Philos, Pol, Relig) fanatique, sectaire
Deutsch (German)
n. - Schwärmer, Eiferer, Betbruder
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - μισαλλόδοξος, φανατικός, θρησκόληπτος, στενόμυαλος, στενοκέφαλος
Português (Portuguese)
n. - fanático (m)
Русский (Russian)
мракобес, узколобый фанатик
Español (Spanish)
n. - fanático, intolerante
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - bigott person
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
偏执的人, 心地狭窄的人, 顽固者
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 偏執的人, 心地狹窄的人, 頑固者
한국어 (Korean)
n. - 광신자, 고집불통, 편협한 사람
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) متعصب لرأي أو عقيدة
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - קנאי חשוך, קנאי
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