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big·ot

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noun

a person who is utterly intolerant of any differing creed, belief, or opinion.

Origin: 
1590–1600;  < Middle French  ( Old French:  derogatory name applied by the French to the Normans),perhaps < Old English bī God  by God

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bigot  (ˈbɪɡət)
— n
	a person who is intolerant of any ideas other than his or her own, esp on religion, politics, or race
[C16: from Old French: name applied contemptuously to the Normans by the French, of obscure origin]
'bigoted
— adj

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Word Origin & History

bigot 

1590s, from Fr. bigot (12c.), in O.Fr. "sanctimonious;" supposedly a derogatory name for Normans, the oldtheory (not universally accepted) being that it springs from their frequent use of O.E. oath bi God.Plausible, since the Eng. were known as goddamns in Joan of Arc's France, and during World War