Ologun
Ologun noun: a member of the social class of warrior chiefs in Yoruba society.
Noun
Ologun (plural Ologuns or Ologun)
- A member of the social class of warrior chiefs in Yoruba society.
- The real rulers of the town and its dependencies were the war chiefs, the Ologun, overshadowing the Ogboni1988, Robert Sydney Smith, Kingdoms of the Yoruba, Univ of Wisconsin Press, →ISBN, page 128
- Early in the morning of the third day, known as Osetita, Aworo Ose was led by Chief Oloyin, an Ologun warrior chief, to shrines along the roads leading into Ila.1996, John Pemberton, Funso S. Afọlayan, Yoruba sacred kingship: "a power like that of the gods", Smithsonian Inst Pr
- A Yoruba warrior chief.
- Why the Ologuns decided to observe this tradition had beaten his imagination. The distance between Ibadan and Abeokuta ought to constitute enough check on them.1982, Jide Oguntoye, Too cold for comfort
- An Ologun or Olorogun usually wears an unusually long cap.1984, Ẹgba Chieftaincy Handbook
Examples of Ologun in a sentence
- Throughout the next four days the Ologun chiefs feasted one another in accordance with their rank.1997, Sandra T. Barnes, Africa's Ogun: Old World and New, Indiana University Press, →ISBN, page 112:
- The Qrangun-Ila wearing the Ologun crown and greeting Ila's chiefs during Iwa Ogun.1997, Sandra T. Barnes, Africa's Ogun: Old World and New, Indiana University Press, →ISBN, page 117:
- The strength of a state depended on the number and strength of its Ologun war chiefs, while the strength of an Ologun depended on the number of the soldier-slaves he commanded.1998, I. A. Akinjogbin, War and Peace in Yorubaland, 1793-1893, Heinemann Educational Books, →ISBN:
- As fate would have it, an Ologun who had been on patrol in the area saw the commotion and rescued the Old man with the cane.2009, O. T. A. Omi OLO oshun, Pataki of Orisa and Other Essay's ^([sic]) for Lucumi Santeria, Lulu.com, →ISBN:
Forms of Ologun
| plural | Ologuns |
|---|---|
| plural | Ologun |
Origin of Ologun
From Yoruba ológun.
Questions about Ologun
- What does Ologun mean?
- Ologun means a member of the social class of warrior chiefs in Yoruba society.
- How do you use Ologun in a sentence?
- Throughout the next four days the Ologun chiefs feasted one another in accordance with their rank.
- What part of speech is Ologun?
- Ologun is a noun.
- What is the plural of Ologun?
- The plural of Ologun is Ologuns.
Words near Ologun in the dictionary
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