Bigot

7 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bigot \Big"ot\, a.
     Bigoted. [Obs.]
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           In a country more bigot than ours.       --Dryden.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bigot \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.]
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     1. A hypocrite; esp., a superstitious hypocrite. [Obs.]
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     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.
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              To doubt, where bigots had been content to wonder
              and believe.                          --Macaulay.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  bigot
       n : a prejudiced person who is intolerant of any opinions
           differing from his own

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  50 Moby Thesaurus words for "bigot":
     Anglophobe, Russophobe, 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, sexist,
     standpat, standpatter, stickler, superpatriot, ultranationalist,
     woman-hater, xenophobe, zealot
  
  

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  bigot n. [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}.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  bigot
       
          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 favoured tool.  It is truly said "You can tell
          a bigot, but you can't tell him much."  Compare {weenie}.
       
          [{Jargon File}]
       
       

From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:

  BIGOT, n.  One who is obstinately and zealously attached to an opinion
  that you do not entertain.