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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
bigot \big"ot\, a.
   bigoted. obs.
   1913 webster

         in a country more bigot than ours.       --dryden.
   1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
   1913 webster
   1. a hypocrite; esp., a superstitious hypocrite. obs.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

            to doubt, where bigots had been content to wonder
            and believe.                          --macaulay.
      1913 webster

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
bigot
     n : a prejudiced person who is intolerant of any opinions
         differing from his own

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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




[5] : Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)
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.


see also:
religious issues weenie amiga persecution complex 
[6] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)
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
     
     
see also:
religious issues weenie jargon file 
[7] : THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993)
bigot, n.  one who is obstinately and zealously attached to an opinion
that you do not entertain.




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