Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An officer under the chief, among the Zulus and other South African tribes.
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- noun A
South African tribal councillor orheadman (under the king); someone in authority, aboss .
Etymologies
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Examples
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He said "induna" referred to a person vested with traditional authority over a tribal area in the kingdom of KwaZulu/Natal and there were no indunas in the PWV.
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Mchunu is an "induna", a supervisor appointed by his local chief in Zululand to be in charge of everyone in the hostel from his home area.
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Lobengula left the encampment to regroup his "induna" warriors in 1881 as colonial forces advanced toward it.
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Lobengula left the encampment to regroup his "induna" warriors in 1881 as colonial forces advanced toward it.
WCNC - News - World 2010
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Manias explained, The induna would like us to see the damaged field right now.
The Elephant's Secret Sense Caitlin O'Connell 2007
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After a long silence, the induna collected himself enough to look up at Manias and point to the bench.
The Elephant's Secret Sense Caitlin O'Connell 2007
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Zimbabwe, saying he did not think it was this country's right to act as a "big induna" issuing instructions.
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The induna weakly shook his hand, clapped, and then rebundled his blanket.
The Elephant's Secret Sense Caitlin O'Connell 2007
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James Stevenson-Hamilton wrote that he heard a "vivid account" of one Swazi raid from "an old induna of the ba-Hlangane" named Kumane-ka-Mure, who appears to be the "Kumana" of Caissene's story.
Where Women Make History: Gendered Tellings of Community and Change in Magude, Mozambique 2005
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Manias translated and the induna then spoke to Manias quietly for a long time, gesticulating weakly as the women interjected here and there, trying to restrain themselves.
The Elephant's Secret Sense Caitlin O'Connell 2007
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