Definition of Caboceer

1. a West African headman [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Caboceer

cables
cabless
cablet
cablets
cableway
cableways
cabling
cablings
cabman
cabmen
cabob
cabobbed
cabobbing
cabobs
caboc
caboceer (current term)
caboceers
caboched
cabochon
cabochons
caboclo
cabocs
cabombas
caboodle
caboodles
caboose
cabooses
caboshed
cabotage
cabotages

Literary usage of Caboceer

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Travels in Western Africa, in 1845 & 1846: Comprising a Journey from Whydah by John Duncan (1847)
"We were visited early by the caboceer, who came to wish us good morning, bringing with him another small flask of rum, with which we drank each other's ..."

2. Africans and Europeans in West Africa: Elminans and Dutchmen on the Gold by Harvey M. Feinberg (1989)
"caboceer meede hooftman or ... meede hooftman or caboceer hooftman and ... caboceer king king king makelaar vaandrager king makelaar vaandrig secretary king ..."

3. Journal of a Second Expedition Into the Interior of Africa: From the Bight by Hugh Clapperton, Richard Lander, Abraham V. Salemé (1829)
"At 10 halted at the town of Matoni (signifying " Let me alone,") where we took leave of the caboceer. We staid but a few minutes, while the carriers had ..."

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