Dictionary entry

Giaour

Webster's Dictionary 1913

‖Giaour (?), n. [Turk. giaur an infidel, Per. gawr, another form of ghebr fire worshiper. Cf. Kaffir, Gheber.] An infidel; — a term applied by Turks to disbelievers in the Mohammedan religion, especially Christrians. Byron.