impi
(in South African history) a unit of Zulu warriors; regiment.
Origin of impi
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How to use impi in a sentence
As Vidler had said, it seemed a regular impi, for there certainly could not have been much less than a hundred.
Forging the Blades | Bertram MitfordA black impi—a naked impi—no dirty tattered shirts or ragged store clothes among these.
Forging the Blades | Bertram MitfordThe impi had returned from its pursuit of the rescue party, and was searching for its dead and wounded.
Forging the Blades | Bertram MitfordWe are not at war with the Zulu people that an impi should ‘eat up’ our camp and kill our servants.
The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley | Bertram MitfordThe two young men were surrounded—stood now in the very centre of the impi.
The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley | Bertram Mitford
British Dictionary definitions for impi
/ (ˈɪmpɪ) /
a group of Bantu warriors
Origin of impi
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