Fingo

British  

/ ˈfɪŋɡəʊ /

noun

1. 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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Example Sentences

Unlike the Basutos, the Fingo tribe was not physically or geographically in a position to make reprisals for such indignities.

From The Siege of Kimberley by Phelan, T.

It is worthy of remark, that while the colony remained in this unsettled state, the Kaffir and Fingo women went about armed with assegais.

From The Cape and the Kaffirs A Diary of Five Years' Residence in Kaffirland by Ward, Harriet

A promise of a farm was made to the Fingo and Kafir contingent, but that promise still remains unfulfilled.

From Native Life in South Africa by Plaatje, Sol (Solomon Tshekisho)

The Fingo boy, who had handed the diamond to Laure in the tunnel, entered the room, and standing near the door waited for him to speak.

From An I.D.B. in South Africa by Vescelius-Sheldon, Louise

Now, beacons blazed, the silent heralds of glad tidings; the very Fingo kraals adjacent to the town sent forth shouts, and torches flitted from hut to hut.

From The Cape and the Kaffirs A Diary of Five Years' Residence in Kaffirland by Ward, Harriet