Shangaan

noun

a member of any of the Tsonga-speaking Bantu peoples settled in Mozambique and NE Transvaal, esp one who works in a gold mine

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Examples from the Web for shangaan

Historical Examples

Close on its heels came the message from Henriques by a Shangaan in his pay.
Prester John
John Buchan
It was the kraal of the old white-tufted Shangaan, as Shadrach learned afterwards.
McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 4, August 1908
Various
A Shangaan baboon’—he grinned at his companion—‘is more easily frightened than those of the Drakensberg.
McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 4, August 1908
Various

Shangaan

Examples from the Web for shangaan

Historical Examples

Close on its heels came the message from Henriques by a Shangaan in his pay.

It was the kraal of the old white-tufted Shangaan, as Shadrach learned afterwards.

A Shangaan baboon’—he grinned at his companion—‘is more easily frightened than those of the Drakensberg.