Nuer

[noo-er]

noun

plural

Nuers ,

plural

Nuerer .

1. a member of a tribal people who live along the Nile in southern Sudan and subsist chiefly by raising cattle.

2. the Nilotic language of the Nuer people.

Example Sentences

These have been fuelled by ethnic divisions - Kiir is Dinka, while Machar is Nuer - and competing political ambitions.

From BBC

He switched sides on several occasions during the battle to secede from Sudan, as he sought to strengthen his position and that of his Nuer ethnic group.

From BBC

Thursday’s clashes in the Malakal camp occurred between members of the Shilluk and Nuer ethnic groups, a local representative of the displaced people told The Associated Press.

From Seattle Times

The fighting erupted Thursday morning in the Malakal site between members of the Shilluk and Nuer ethnic groups.

From Seattle Times

The power struggle in South Sudan between President Salva Kiir, a Dinka, and Vice President Riek Machar, a Nuer, took on an ethnic dimension during the civil war.

From Washington Times