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1. Abelungu, n. View full entry 1836
...With sing. or pl. concord. White people collectively. Cf. mlungu, umlungu2....
2. Masarwa, n. and adj. View full entry 1835
...Esp. among speakers of Tswana: a member of a Bushman people inhabiting the northern Kalahari Desert....
3. mbongo, n. View full entry 1911
...Chiefly derogatory. A political stooge or apologist; a ‘yes-man’....
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. muntu, n. View full entry 1920
...A black African....
6. Quashie, n. View full entry 1774
...A generic name for: a black person, esp. one considered as credulous or insignificant....
7. shenzi, n. View full entry 1910
...In East Africa: an uncivilized African; a barbarian, a person outside one's cultural group....
8. umlungu, n. and adj. View full entry 1859
...= mlungu Now somewhat offensive, esp. as a form of address....
9. voodoo, n. View full entry 1868
...A form of religious witchcraft prevalent among black people in the West Indies, esp. Haiti, and the southern United States, and ultimately of African origin....
10. zombie, n. View full entry 1819
...In the West Indies and southern states of America, a soulless corpse said to have been revived by witchcraft; formerly, the name of a snake-deity in voodoo cults of or deriving from...
11. Zulu, n. and adj. View full entry 1824
...A member of a Bantu people mainly inhabiting KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa. Also attrib. or as , belonging to this people....
