Bantu
noun
a member of any of several peoples forming a linguistically and in some respects culturally interrelated family in central and southern Africa.
Bantus
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pluralof Bantu.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The migrating Bantus, for example, spread their languages and ironworking technology throughout this region.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
He helps the state’s roughly 2,000 Bantus access social services and apply their traditional agricultural acumen to a colder climate.
From New York Times ● Nov. 26, 2022
Yet, in recent years, the Somali Bantus have made strides.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 4, 2022
Apart from a possible hypothesis of a massive colonization by the Bantus, the other logical explanation of such data would be the erosion of fossil soils horizons, evidence of the leaching during past climates.
From Science Magazine ● Aug. 30, 2012
The Bantus crowded more and more upon the primitive Bushmen, and probably a mingling of the Bushmen and the Bantus gave rise to the Hottentots.
From The Negro by W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt) Du Bois
