Lobengula

noun

?1836–94, last Matabele king (1870–93); his kingdom was destroyed by the British

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Historical Examples

His people are fierce, like the Masai, like the people of Lobengula, and make war their trade.
The Leopard Woman
Stewart Edward White
The next factor to reckon with was the Matabele nation and its chief, Lobengula.
Victorian Worthies
George Henry Blore
Jameson's complaints received only partial satisfaction from Lobengula.
Victorian Worthies
George Henry Blore
He turned out to be a sort of grandson or grand-nephew of Lobengula himself.
The Red True Story Book
Various
Now, that is an aspersion upon Lobengula and Samory in particular.
Khartoum Campaign, 1898
Bennet Burleigh

Lobengula

Examples from the Web for lobengula

Historical Examples

His people are fierce, like the Masai, like the people of Lobengula, and make war their trade.

The next factor to reckon with was the Matabele nation and its chief, Lobengula.

Jameson's complaints received only partial satisfaction from Lobengula.

He turned out to be a sort of grandson or grand-nephew of Lobengula himself.

Now, that is an aspersion upon Lobengula and Samory in particular.