Matabele
Americannoun
noun
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Now known as: Ndebele. a member of a formerly warlike people of southern Africa, now living in Zimbabwe: driven out of the Transvaal by the Boers in 1837
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the language of this people, belonging to the Bantu group of the Niger-Congo family
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Etymology
Origin of Matabele
First recorded in 1815–25
Example Sentences
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However, Matabele ants have developed a sophisticated healthcare system: they can distinguish between non-infected and infected wounds and treat the latter efficiently with antibiotics they produce themselves.
From Science Daily • Jan. 2, 2024
Despite this level of Matabele aggression, Wilson anoints a garden ant of the Amazonian rainforest, Camponotus femoratus, with the “most ferocious” status.
From Washington Post • Oct. 8, 2020
Matabele ants, native to sub-Saharan Africa, lay siege to the termite colonies they eat by the hundreds, braving the potentially life-threatening bites of large soldier termites that defend them.
From National Geographic • Feb. 13, 2018
Then, in the 1940s, the trade unions formed in Bulawayo were led by shop stewards who also captained the Zimbabwean teams Matabele Highlanders and Red Army.
From The Guardian • May 28, 2015
She knew it didn’t make sense that she, a Shona child, had a Matabele mother.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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