bigot

[ big-uh t ]

/ ˈbɪg ət /

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

Origin of bigot

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

Unfortunately, popular understandings of the bigot remain anchored in an earlier time.

Why Bigotry Persists |Stephen Eric Bronner |September 28, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Critics of the bigot should begin placing a bit less emphasis on what he says or feels than what he actually does.

Why Bigotry Persists |Stephen Eric Bronner |September 28, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Not every bigot is a conservative and not every conservative is a bigot.

Why Bigotry Persists |Stephen Eric Bronner |September 28, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The bigot now employs camouflage in translating his prejudices into reality.

Why Bigotry Persists |Stephen Eric Bronner |September 28, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

The bigot today is often unaware either that he has prejudices or that he is indulging them.

Why Bigotry Persists |Stephen Eric Bronner |September 28, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
For all his overmastering zeal he was by nature neither a bigot nor a persecutor.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 6 |Various
Each year Bigot had to send to the court a list of the goods necessary for government purposes for the coming year.

Montreal 1535-1914 under the French Rgime |William Henry Atherton
He was not, however, a bigot to his party, nor adopted all their opinions.

Lives of the English Poets: Waller, Milton, Cowley |Samuel Johnson
Hathorne was a man of force and ability—though evidently also as narrow-minded and unfair as only a bigot can be.

Dulcibel |Henry Peterson
Keenly as Bigot watched Anglique, he could detect no sign of confusion in her.

The Golden Dog |William Kirby

bigot

/ (ˈbɪɡət) /

a person who is intolerant of any ideas other than his or her own, esp on religion, politics, or race

bigoted, adjective

C16: from Old French: name applied contemptuously to the Normans by the French, of obscure origin