Bechuana
Americannoun
noun
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a former name for Tswana
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a former name for a member of the Bantu people of Botswana
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of Bechuana
First recorded in 1795–1805
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When independence finally comes, Seretse expects to rename his country Bechuana and set about the enormous tasks ahead.
From Time Magazine Archive
I think in the settlement you will pass through, just about where the Bechuana tribes are located, a kind of missionary station is established—if so, I know there you can obtain both help and clothes.
From Richard Galbraith, Mariner Life among the Kaffirs by Phillips, Emma Watts
“Did your Bechuana guide play false?” asked the missionary.
From Hair-Breadth Escapes The Adventures of Three Boys in South Africa by Adams, H.C.
The southern portion of their territory was first placed under British protection in 1885, and subsequently the whole Bechuana country up to the Zambezi was annexed.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis by Various
Mrs Trail was sent for by her husband, the Bechuana girl carried off the books and work, and Frankfort and Eleanor were left alone.
From Jasper Lyle by Ward, Harriet
Indeed, some 30,000 Bechuanas depend on employment in the South African gold fields for a livelihood.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Bechuanas, for example, are divided into crocodile-men, fish-, ape-, buffalo-, elephant-, and lion-men, and so on.
From History of Religion A Sketch of Primitive Religious Beliefs and Practices, and of the Origin and Character of the Great Systems by Menzies, Allan
Moravians have laboured among the Hottentots, the Berlin missionaries among the wild Corannas, and the French Evangelical Society among the Bechuanas.
From Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 by Kurtz, J. H.
The Bechuanas followed, darting their assegais from a distance, or thrusting them into the most vulnerable parts of the animals, according as opportunities presented themselves.
From Hair-Breadth Escapes The Adventures of Three Boys in South Africa by Adams, H.C.
Before making a move, they saw most of the elephant’s flesh taken away by the Bechuanas.
From The Giraffe Hunters by Reid, Mayne
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