BIG'OT, noun 1. A person who is obstinately and unreasonably wedded to a particular religious creed, opinion, practice or ritual. The word is sometimes used in an enlarged sense, for a person who is illiberally attached to any opinion, or system of belief; as a bigot to the Mohammedan religion; a bigot to a form of government. 2. A venetian liquid measure containing the fourth part of the amphor, or half the boot. BIG'OT
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