: a person who is obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices
especially
: one who regards or treats the members of a group (such as a racial or ethnic group) with hatred and intolerance
Examples of bigot in a Sentence
"It's scandalous," he said, in the tones once used by Colonel Blimp, Britain's best-loved bigot, who adorned the pages of the Evening Standard throughout the 1930s.
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Nicholas Fraser, Harper's, September 1996
A bigot is a hater, she said. A bigot hates Catholics. A bigot hates Jews. … It's no sin to be poor, she said. It is a sin to be a bigot. Don't ever be one of them.
—Pete Hamill, A Drinking Life, 1994
One had always to be mindful, moreover, that being a black scholar did not exempt one from the humiliations and indignities that a society with more than its share of bigots can heap upon a black person, regardless of education …
—John Hope Franklin, "John Hope Franklin: A Life of Learning," 1988,
in Race and History, 1989
He was labeled a bigot after making some offensive comments.
an incorrigible bigot who hasn't entertained a new thought in years
Nicholas Fraser, Harper's, September 1996
A bigot is a hater, she said. A bigot hates Catholics. A bigot hates Jews. … It's no sin to be poor, she said. It is a sin to be a bigot. Don't ever be one of them.
—Pete Hamill, A Drinking Life, 1994
One had always to be mindful, moreover, that being a black scholar did not exempt one from the humiliations and indignities that a society with more than its share of bigots can heap upon a black person, regardless of education …
—John Hope Franklin, "John Hope Franklin: A Life of Learning," 1988,
in Race and History, 1989
He was labeled a bigot after making some offensive comments.
an incorrigible bigot who hasn't entertained a new thought in years
Recent Examples on the Web
And that marketing falls apart when the person at the center of it is a racist bigot.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 31 Jan. 2025
Franklin Graham, son of Billy—one of those classic, homegrown examples of slight decline from one American generation to the next; his dad could sometimes be a bigot, but at least the man could preach—kowtowed to Trump, directing his prayer more to the man than to God.
—Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
The bigot, wearing a distinctive reddish coat with a wide collar and a Yankees cap, flung antisemitic remarks at the victim before slapping and punching him in the face.
—Ellen Moynihan, New York Daily News, 7 Feb. 2025
Their hometown is, rather, an alternate universe where Lear’s vision of American progress prevails—where people talk things out, jokes repair societal schisms, love wins, and bigots face consequences.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 6 Feb. 2025
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Clayton Davis, Variety, 31 Jan. 2025
Franklin Graham, son of Billy—one of those classic, homegrown examples of slight decline from one American generation to the next; his dad could sometimes be a bigot, but at least the man could preach—kowtowed to Trump, directing his prayer more to the man than to God.
—Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
The bigot, wearing a distinctive reddish coat with a wide collar and a Yankees cap, flung antisemitic remarks at the victim before slapping and punching him in the face.
—Ellen Moynihan, New York Daily News, 7 Feb. 2025
Their hometown is, rather, an alternate universe where Lear’s vision of American progress prevails—where people talk things out, jokes repair societal schisms, love wins, and bigots face consequences.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 6 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for bigot
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“Bigot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bigot. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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