assegai
noun
the slender javelin or spear of the Bantu-speaking people of southern Africa.
assegais
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pluralof assegai.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Stamping their feet, beating on their shields with their assegais and roaring the war cry usutu!, the warrior impis, arrayed like the right and left horns of the buffalo, would begin encircling the foe.
From Time Magazine Archive
The cattle and goats were driven over, and the mats, calabashes, and other lares and penates, with the assegais and clubs of Sobèdè, were taken to Manciya’s kraal.
From The White Hecatomb And other Stories by W. C. (William Charles) Scully
In his hand he held a couple of kerries made of heavy iron-wood; one of his companions was similarly armed, while the third carried a bundle of assegais.
From The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier by Bertram Mitford
The screen is ornamented with imitations of Zulu shields and assegais.
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Lichfield A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See by A. B. Clifton
Three assegais had struck him, and he reeled in the saddle as, amidst the cheers of his companions, he rode up.
From The Curse of Carne's Hold A Tale of Adventure by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
