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Afar

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a⋅far

  [uh-fahr]
Use Afar in a Sentence
–adverb
1. from, at, or to a distance; far away (usually fol. by off): He saw the castle afar off.
—Idiom
2. from afar, from a long way off: The princess saw him riding toward her from afar.
Origin:
1125–75; ME a fer, on ferr; r. OE feorran. See a- 1 (perh. also a- 2 for the meaning “from”), far

A⋅far

  [ah-fahr]
–noun, plural A⋅fars, A⋅fa⋅ra  [uh-fahr-uh] , (especially collectively) A⋅far for 1.
1. a member of a nomadic Muslim people living in Eritrea, Djibouti, and northern Ethiopia.
2. the Northern Cushitic language spoken by the Afars.
Also called Danakil.
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a·far   (ə-fär')   
adv.  From, at, or to a great distance: saw it afar off; traveled afar.
n.  A long distance: Tales from afar.

[Middle English afer, from on fer, far, and from of fer, from afar, from Old English feor, far; see far.]
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Word Origin & History

afar 
M.E. of feor (c.1175), on ferr (c.1300), from O.E. feor "far," the a- representing both of and on compounds (which meant the same thing). Spelled afer in 14c.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
AFAR
American Federation for Aging Research
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