Cudjo

or Cud·joe

[ kuhj-oh ]

/ ˈkʌdʒ oʊ /

noun

a male day name for Monday.See under day name.

Definition for cudjo (2 of 2)

day name

noun

(formerly, especially in creole-speaking cultures) a name given at birth to a black child, in accordance with African customs, indicating the child's sex and the day of the week on which he or she was born, as the male and female names for Sunday (Quashee and Quasheba), Monday (Cudjo or Cudjoe and Juba), Tuesday (Cubbena and Beneba), Wednesday (Quaco and Cuba or Cubba), Thursday (Quao and Abba), Friday (Cuffee or Cuffy and Pheba or Phibbi), and Saturday (Quamin or Quame and Mimba).

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Examples from the Web for cudjo

I ran ahead of my companion, as Cudjo was rather slow of foot.
The Desert Home|Mayne Reid
But Penn had seen enough for one day, and the torch-bearing Cudjo guided them back to the spot from which they had started.
Cudjo's Cave|J. T. Trowbridge
Of course, the wolves fled at the approach of myself and Cudjo, and the dogs whimpered with delight.
The Desert Home|Mayne Reid
I fired as soon as his hips made their appearance, and almost at the same instant Cudjo dealt them a hearty blow with his axe.
The Desert Home|Mayne Reid

Cudjo shrieked with frantic joy, expecting to see his old enemy plunge head foremost among the stones on the bank of the stream.
Cudjo's Cave|J. T. Trowbridge

British Dictionary definitions for cudjo

day name

noun

Western African a name indicating a person's day of birth

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