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mzee

Definitions

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  • noun East Africa An elder (old person).

Etymologies

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From Swahili mzee.

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Examples

  • I am also looking forward to a tentative appointment to go to the house of a neighbor "mzee" or wise elderly woman, to have a personal lesson on cooking ugali, the local equivalent of grits, a must at every tanzanian meal.

    First week at Makondeko thais berglund 2005

  • I am also looking forward to a tentative appointment to go to the house of a neighbor "mzee" or wise elderly woman, to have a personal lesson on cooking ugali, the local equivalent of grits, a must at every tanzanian meal.

    Archive 2005-09-01 thais berglund 2005

  • The Mwangaza was mzee and had been placed at the centre on the inland side, the seat of honour.

    The mission song Le Carre, John, 1931- 2006

  • The Mwangaza was mzee and had been placed at the centre on the inland side, the seat of honour.

    the mission song Le Carre, John, 1931- 2006

  • Over the past few days, they have packed shoulder to shoulder at rallies, waiting patiently under a punishing sun, some of them flaunting hilarious posters of the mzee, or old man, as he calls himself, with his face superimposed on an Incredible Hulk-like body.

    NYT > Global Home By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN 2011

  • We will have the book reviews continue on Monday and Wednesday, the Queen Stories on Thursday, and an article from the guest mzee every Friday.

    The Student Operated Press Judyth Piazza 2010

  • A while ago, Jontwa had called and said he'd found an mzee (Swahili for old man) with a big box of records.

    Global Voices Online 2009

  • A while ago, Jontwa had called and said he'd found an mzee (Swahili for old man) with a big box of records.

    Global Voices Online 2009

  • Wazazi wa wao wako wapi? ndugu na jamaa wako wapi au mula wote Kijana au mzee LUNDENGA yuko wapi.

    BongoCelebrity 2009

  • So question is not whether that woman in Kibera who has ten kids and finds herself pregnant again and the mzee (who has totally refused to use a condom) tells her 'that is your shauri', needs an abortion or not but where she can get access to safe and affordable sexual and reproductive health information and services.

    A KENYAN URBAN NARRATIVE 2009

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