Bechuana
noun
Bechuanas
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pluralof Bechuana.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Indeed, some 30,000 Bechuanas depend on employment in the South African gold fields for a livelihood.
From Time Magazine Archive
Not long after it was spoken, one of the Bechuanas came to the camp, and asked to be conducted to the chief.
From The Giraffe Hunters by Mayne Reid
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 H.C. Adams
They are rooyebok, or, as the Bechuanas call them, ‘pallah,’ and, as naturalists style them, Antilope melampus.”
From The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa by Mayne Reid
The Bechuanas, for example, are divided into crocodile-men, fish-, ape-, buffalo-, elephant-, and lion-men, and so on.
From History of Religion A Sketch of Primitive Religious Beliefs and Practices, and of the Origin and Character of the Great Systems by Allan Menzies
