Swahili
noun
a member of a Bantu people of Zanzibar and the neighboring coast of Africa.
Swahilis
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pluralof Swahili.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Twelve of the new company were Swahilis, the remainder Wakamba or Wakikuyu.
From Settlers and Scouts by Herbert Strang
Four of the Swahilis were askaris, or armed porters.
From Settlers and Scouts by Herbert Strang
The greater number of the waders were negroes, but among them were the white-clad forms of Swahilis.
From Settlers and Scouts by Herbert Strang
He suspected from this that they were some of the Swahilis of the party, and suspicion became certainty when Bill discovered a tiny strip of white cotton on a spike of a wait-a-bit thorn-bush.
From Settlers and Scouts by Herbert Strang
It turned out that one of the Swahilis was an old rival of Coja ben Selim.
From Settlers and Scouts by Herbert Strang
