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Mau Mau

Mau Mau proper noun: a group of anti-British insurgents in colonial Kenya, active in the 1950's.

Proper noun

Mau Mau

  1. A group of anti-British insurgents in colonial Kenya, active in the 1950's.
    • Just as it is sometimes impossible to find a Briton who voted for Margaret Thatcher, and every Frenchman’s father appears to have been in the Resistance, every Kikuyu seems to have had a father who fought valiantly for Mau Mau.2009, Michela Wrong, It’s Our Turn to Eat: The Story of a Kenyan Whistle Blower
  2. A card game for two or more players, similar to crazy eights.

Questions about Mau Mau

What does Mau Mau mean?
Mau Mau means a group of anti-British insurgents in colonial Kenya, active in the 1950's.
What part of speech is Mau Mau?
Mau Mau is a proper noun.

Words near Mau Mau in the dictionary

  1. matériel
  2. matériels
  3. matés
  4. matë
  5. MAU
  6. Mau Mau
  7. mau-mau
  8. mau-maued
  9. mau-mauer
  10. mau-mauers
  11. mau-mauing

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