Mandingo
noun
a member of any of a number of peoples forming an extensive linguistic group in western Africa.
Mandingoes
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pluralof Mandingo.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Upon inquiry, I found that English was the least of his languages, preceded by his own tongue and the speech of the Mandingoes.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
Except in colour and speech, they resemble the Mandingoes, who are gentle and sociable.
From Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century by Léon Benett
The Black buck is a species of similar character and habits; and in Senegal there is one, not unlike the foregoing, known among the French as vache-brune, and called by the Mandingoes white mouth.
From Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found A Book of Zoology for Boys by William Harvey
The Mandingoes of the most cultivated type seldom found their way to the West Indies.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 65, March, 1863 by Various
The trade with the nations of the interior is chiefly confined to the Foulahs and Mandingoes, who bring small quantities of gold with them, which they exchange for European articles to carry home.
From A Voyage Round the World, Volume I Including Travels in Africa, Asia, Australasia, America, etc., etc., from 1827 to 1832 by James Holman
