shenzi

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See also: shēnzi and shěnzi

English

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Etymology

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From Swahili -shenzi.

Noun

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shenzi (plural shenzis)

  1. (dated, Africa) A barbarian (variously used to refer to foreigners, Europeans, or pagans)
    • 1919, Stewart Edward White, The Land of Footprints, page 263:
      We instructed our men to shoot first and inquire afterward, if a shenzi so much as showed himself in the clearing.

Anagrams

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Swahili

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Etymology

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Uncertain, perhaps from the same source as Arabic زَنْج (zanj, Zanj).

Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Adjective

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-shenzi (declinable)

  1. uncivilized, barbarian

Declension

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Derived terms

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