bigot

noun

big·ot | \ ˈbi-gət

Definition of bigot

: a person who is obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices especially : one who regards or treats the members of a group (such as a racial or ethnic group) with hatred and intolerance

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"It's scandalous," he said, in the tones once used by Colonel Blimp, Britain's best-loved bigot, who adorned the pages of the Evening Standard throughout the 1930s. — Nicholas Fraser, Harper's, September 1996 A bigot is a hater, she said. A bigot hates Catholics. A bigot hates Jews. … It's no sin to be poor, she said. It is a sin to be a bigot. Don't ever be one of them. — Pete Hamill, A Drinking Life, 1994 One had always to be mindful, moreover, that being a black scholar did not exempt one from the humiliations and indignities that a society with more than its share of bigots can heap upon a black person, regardless of education … — John Hope Franklin, "John Hope Franklin: A Life of Learning," 1988, in Race and History, 1989 He was labeled a bigot after making some offensive comments. an incorrigible bigot who hasn't entertained a new thought in years

Recent Examples on the Web Webb is not incriminated as a racist or bigot, but as a servant of bigots. — WSJ, "Notable & Quotable: Harriet Tubman Space Telescope," 15 Mar. 2021 Racial tension flares up among an ex-cop, a bigot and a black entertainer who band together to rob a bank. — Los Angeles Times, "Movies on TV this week: ‘Gandhi’; ‘Forrest Gump’ and more," 26 Feb. 2021 Liberals reviled him as a hateful blowhard and a bigot. — Stephen Collinson, CNN, "Rush Limbaugh was Trump before Trump," 19 Feb. 2021 Liberals called him a bigot, a sexist and a partisan propagandist with a profoundly mean streak. — Mary Mcnamara, Star Tribune, "Rush Limbaugh died as he lived — dividing America," 19 Feb. 2021 She’s a xenophobe and a bigot who ruthlessly abused her position today to slander a woman, who has absolutely nothing to do with the daily business of Parler, simply because she was born outside of the United States. — Jake Dima, Washington Examiner, "House Oversight Committee demands FBI investigation into Parler's supposed 'planning and incitement' of Capitol riot," 21 Jan. 2021 More to the point, however, calling someone a bigot is also free speech. — Matt Ford, The New Republic, "Samuel Alito Is Tired of Winning," 13 Nov. 2020 The group’s escape from Simonsville is the first heart-pounding flight from a bigot — or, in this case, a pack of bigots — on fast wheels. — Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, "Lovecraft Country Series Premiere Recap: Here Be Monsters," 19 Aug. 2020 Actor-filmmaker Xavier Dolan (The Death and Life of John F. Donovan) plays Adrian Mellon, a gay man who, in King’s novel, is attacked by a group of bigots while out with his boyfriend after an earlier incident at a carnival. — Nick Romano, EW.com, "It Chapter Two director on adapting the book's hate crime scene," 22 Aug. 2019

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“Bigot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bigot. Accessed 12 Apr. 2021.

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bigot

noun

English Language Learners Definition of bigot

disapproving : a person who strongly and unfairly dislikes other people, ideas, etc. : a bigoted person especially : a person who hates or refuses to accept the members of a particular group (such as a racial or religious group)

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bigot

noun

big·ot | \ ˈbi-gət