Bechuana
Americannoun
noun
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a former name for Tswana
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a former name for a member of the Bantu people of Botswana
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of Bechuana
First recorded in 1795–1805
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When independence finally comes, Seretse expects to rename his country Bechuana and set about the enormous tasks ahead.
From Time Magazine Archive
“To-morrow,” said the Bechuana, “’bout ten o’clock, if all well.”
From Hair-Breadth Escapes The Adventures of Three Boys in South Africa by Adams, H.C.
I think in the settlement you will pass through, just about where the Bechuana tribes are located, a kind of missionary station is established—if so, I know there you can obtain both help and clothes.
From Richard Galbraith, Mariner Life among the Kaffirs by Phillips, Emma Watts
In the present instance they had felt tolerably secure that it would not visit the Bechuana village, the summer having been exceptionally healthy.
From Hair-Breadth Escapes The Adventures of Three Boys in South Africa by Adams, H.C.
Livingstone describes a curious custom among the Bechuana and Kaffir tribes south of the Zambesi River.
From The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa by Badlam, Anna B.
Indeed, some 30,000 Bechuanas depend on employment in the South African gold fields for a livelihood.
From Time Magazine Archive
Knowing that they were in the neighbourhood of Bechuanas, the Makololo professed some fear for their cattle.
From The Giraffe Hunters by Reid, Mayne
Before Nick could fairly realise to himself his own success, the Bechuanas had surrounded the carcass, and were greeting the two boys with shouts of admiration and approval.
From Hair-Breadth Escapes The Adventures of Three Boys in South Africa by Adams, H.C.
A day or two afterwards, when danger of pursuit was over, Darrell was enlisted as one of Black Jamie’s troop in the service of Mankoran, the chief of the Bechuanas.
From Luck at the Diamond Fields by Belgrave, Dalrymple J.
The kraal was not very unlike those of the Bechuanas, and other neighbouring tribes.
From Hair-Breadth Escapes The Adventures of Three Boys in South Africa by Adams, H.C.
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