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Webster 1913 Edition
Bigot
Big′ot
,Noun.
[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
,Adj.
Bigoted.
[Obs.]
In a country more
bigot
than ours. Dryden.
Webster 1828 Edition
Bigot
BIG'OT
,Noun.
1.
A person who is obstinately and unreasonably wedded to a particular religious creed, opinion, practice or ritual. The word is sometimes used in an enlarged sense, for a person who is illiberally attached to any opinion, or system of belief; as a bigot to the Mohammedan religion; a bigot to a form of government.2.
A venetian liquid measure containing the fourth part of the amphor, or half the boot.