Fingo

/ (ˈfɪŋɡəʊ) /

nounplural -go or -gos

a member of a Xhosa-speaking people settled in southern Africa in the Ciskei and Transkei: originally refugees from the Zulu wars of conquest

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How to use Fingo in a sentence

To threaten a disobedient servant with the jambok—be he Hottentot, Fingo, or Caffre—is to bring him back to kneeling obeisance.
The Vee-Boers | Mayne Reid
At present I must concern myself only with the subject of this chapter, and say with Newton, "Hypotheses non Fingo."
Mysterious Psychic Forces | Camille Flammarion
Unlike the Basutos, the Fingo tribe was not physically or geographically in a position to make reprisals for such indignities.
The Siege of Kimberley | T. Phelan
Three Christians were taken prisoners for the faith in Fingo at the beginning of the year 631.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XXIV, 1630-34 | Various
It is a difficult matter at first to tell the Fingo from the Kaffir, but after a little practice one soon sees many distinctions.
Sporting Scenes amongst the Kaffirs of South Africa | Alfred W. Drayson

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