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afar

[uh-fahr] Origin

a·far

[uh-fahr]
adverb
1.
from, at, or to a distance; far away (usually followed by off): He saw the castle afar off.
2.
from afar, from a long way off: The princess saw him riding toward her from afar.

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the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.

Origin:
1125–75; Middle English a fer, on ferr; replacing Old English feorran. See a-1 (perhaps also a-2 for the meaning “from”), far
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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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afar (əˈfɑː)
 
adv
1.  at, from, or to a great distance
 
n
2.  a great distance (esp in the phrase from afar)
 
[C14: a fer, altered from earlier on fer and of fer; see a-², far]

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afar
M.E. of feor (late 12c.), 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.
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AFAR
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