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6 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bigot \Big"ot\, a. Bigoted. [Obs.] In a country more bigot than ours --Dryden. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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.] 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: bigot n : a prejudiced person who is intolerant of any opinions differing from his own From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [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 (13 Mar 01) [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.
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