¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mzungus
1. mzungu [n] - See also: mzungu
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mzungus
Literary usage of Mzungus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Gender, Land and Livelihoods in East Africa: Through Farmers' Eyes by Ritu Verma (2001)
"When these people [mzungus; pointing at the interviewer] were there, it was of help.
The white man did not raise things like nowadays. They used to help. ..."
2. Sultan to Sultan: Adventures Among the Masai and Other Tribes of East Africa by Mary French-Sheldon (1892)
"... and familiarized with such by constantly traversing it; and may they possibly
not have learned from experience that the mzungus caravans march at a ..."
3. Soldiering and Sport in Uganda 1909-1910 by Edgar George Dion Lardner (1912)
"The remainder of the town consists of the Post Office, presided over by a Goanese
official, the Boma or seat of administration, the houses of the mzungus ..."
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