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shenzi

shenzi noun: a barbarian (variously used to refer to foreigners, Europeans, or pagans).

Noun

shenzi (plural shenzis)

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

Forms of shenzi

pluralshenzis

Origin of shenzi

From Swahili -shenzi.

Questions about shenzi

What does shenzi mean?
Shenzi means a barbarian (variously used to refer to foreigners, Europeans, or pagans).
What part of speech is shenzi?
Shenzi is a noun.
What is the plural of shenzi?
The plural of shenzi is shenzis.

Words near shenzi in the dictionary

  1. Shenxi
  2. Shenya
  3. Shenyang
  4. shenyi
  5. Shenzhen
  6. shenzi
  7. shenzis
  8. Sheohar
  9. sheol
  10. sheolic
  11. sheople

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