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1. Abelungu, n. View full entry 1836
...With sing. or pl. concord. White people collectively. Cf. mlungu, umlungu2....
2. makulu, adj. and n. View full entry 1899
...Big, impressive; important, foremost....
3. market, n. View full entry lOE
...A meeting or gathering together of people for the purchase and sale of provisions or livestock, publicly displayed, at a fixed time and place; the occasion or time of this. Also: the...
4. mlungu, n. and adj. View full entry 1826
...Esp. in the context of interactions between black and white South Africans: a white person. Also in pl. With the. White people collectively. Also as a form of...
5. native, n. View full entry 1381
...Under feudal and similar systems: a person born in bondage; a person born to servants, tenants, etc., and inheriting their status. Cf. naif1. Now hist....
6. nigger, n. and adj. View full entry 1574
...A dark-skinned person of sub-Saharan African origin or descent; = Negro1a....
7. non-voter, n. View full entry 1851
...A person who does not vote or is not entitled to vote....
8. pig, n.1 View full entry OE
...An omnivorous, domesticated even-toed ungulate derived from the wild boar Sus scrofa, with a stout body, sparse bristly hair, and a broad flat snout for rooting in the soil, kept...
9. reception, n. View full entry a1393
...Astrol. The fact of either of two planets being received into the other's house, exaltation, or other dignity. Freq. in in reception....
10. umlungu, n. and adj. View full entry 1859
...= mlungu Now somewhat offensive, esp. as a form of address....
