mzee
Britishnoun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of mzee
C19: from Swahili
Example Sentences
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She was speaking during the launch of his memoir, aptly called Mzee Rukhsa - the Journey of My Life.
From BBC
Ali Hassan Mwinyi, Tanzania's second president, was fondly known as Mzee Rukhsa - "Mr Permission".
From BBC
Other groups echoed this partnership model: Vashon Center for the Arts recently collaborated with other regional venues to bring the children’s play “Owen and Mzee” to their respective venues, reducing costs for all organizations.
From Seattle Times
It includes personal items belonging to Mzee Jaramogi, such as his iconic hats, walking sticks, an empty bottle of his favourite premier wine, his pre-independence prison uniform and two gramophones.
From BBC
Mzee Jaramogi served in the government of Jomo Kenyatta, the father of the current president, until they fell out, resulting in the vice-president becoming an opposition politician and being imprisoned in 1969 for 18 months.
From BBC
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