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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n. pl. Afar or A·fars 1. A member of a people of Djibouti, Eritrea, and Ethiopia. 2. The Cushitic language of the Afar. [Afar qafár.] |
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