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bwanas

bwanas is the plural of bwana.

Meaning of bwana

Noun

bwana (plural bwanas)

  1. (slang) Big boss, important person.
    • It is Jim C.’s custom always to say “Up Simba” in a fake-deep bwana voice as he hefts the camera to his right shoulder […]2005, David Foster Wallace, Consider the Lobster and Other Essays, New York: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 208

Questions about bwanas

What is bwanas the plural of?
Bwanas is the plural of bwana.

Words near bwanas in the dictionary

  1. bwaaa
  2. BWAD
  3. BWADs
  4. bwahaha
  5. bwana
  6. bwanas
  7. bwarp
  8. BWAs
  9. BWB
  10. bwbach
  11. bwbachod

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