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Dingaan

British  
/ ˈdɪŋɡɑːn /

noun

  1. died 1840, Zulu chief (1828–40), who fought the Boer colonists in Natal

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

Retief, too, will make good terms with Dingaan, and that will enable us to live here quietly.

From Adventures of Hans Sterk The South African Hunter and Pioneer by A. W. (Alfred Wilks) Drayson

Chaka and his warriors had swept the country clean of its native inhabitants, so Dingaan considered it within his sphere of influence.

From A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) by Edwin Emerson

“I saw three men running rapidly over the open ground beyond my station; they are going to report to Dingaan our approach.”

From Adventures of Hans Sterk The South African Hunter and Pioneer by A. W. (Alfred Wilks) Drayson

Dingaan was obliged to make peace, and restore the cattle, mine among the rest.”

From Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand by H.C. Adams

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