Dingaan
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Transferred to Jim Best in Lewes, the seven-year-old is back at seven furlongs now and, with blinkers fitted in an attempt to sharpen him up, he looks a more trustworthy conveyance than main rival Dingaan.
From The Guardian • Sep. 4, 2010
Pantah, the brother of Dingaan, became King of the Zulus.
From A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) by Emerson, Edwin
The Zulu warriors advanced and retired, shaking their assagies and knob-kerries with threatening gestures, the chief Dingaan watching the effect upon his guests.
From Adventures of Hans Sterk The South African Hunter and Pioneer by Drayson, A. W. (Alfred Wilks)
In South Africa, during January, the Boers inflicted a crushing defeat on End of Dingaan the Zulus under Dingaan.
From A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) by Emerson, Edwin
It caused Dingaan, instead of using force, to resort to treachery—treachery which was very nearly being the death of me, though in the end things turned out well.”
From Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand by Adams, H.C.
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