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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun plural (Ethnol.) The most important tribe belonging to the Kaffir race. They inhabit a region on the southeast coast of Africa, but formerly occupied a much more extensive country. They are noted for their warlike disposition, courage, and military skill.
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- noun Plural form of
Zulu .
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Examples
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"Frankly we cannot satisfy ourselves with the definition that the foreskins of the Zulus are the explanation for the rapid spread of the disease in one section of the country."
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"The Zulus are the only people who are killing one another,"
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With a population of eight million, the Zulus are the country's largest community.
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The Zulus are the largest single ethnic group in South Africa's population of
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The Zulus were the only people in the whole of South Africa on whom the Bantu
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Sean called the Zulus out of the trench and explained to them.
When the Lion Feeds Smith, Wilbur 1964
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Sixty years ago the Zulus were a savage people, dominated by idolatrous
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Gospel, especially a certain king of the people called Zulus, who was named Chaka or Dingaan, he was not sure which.
The Ghost Kings Henry Rider Haggard 1890
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Because of her name, which I am told she has borne from a child, all the territories of the Zulus are her kraal and all the thousands of the Zulus are her servants.
The Ghost Kings Henry Rider Haggard 1890
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And in the Methodist Recorder of February 28, 1879, it was stated in somewhat startling not to say apocalyptic terms that: The Zulus are a standing menace to every movement towards the amelioration or elevation or advancement of the human race.
The Guardian World News Nick Spencer 2011
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