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Matabele
[ mat-uh-bee-lee ]
Matabele
/ ˌmætəˈbiːlɪ; -ˈbɛlɪ /
noun
- -les-le a member of a formerly warlike people of southern Africa, now living in Zimbabwe: driven out of the Transvaal by the Boers in 1837 Now known asNdebele
- the language of this people, belonging to the Bantu group of the Niger-Congo family
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Matabele1
First recorded in 1815–25
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Example Sentences
As they advanced they saw evidences on every hand of the terrible Mantatees, and the still more terrible Matabele.
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After much persuasion, permission was given him to preach the Gospel to the Matabele people, a privilege hitherto always denied.
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At Sechele's town the two portions of this latter division were united, and thence they journeyed onwards towards the Matabele.
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He has lived, he tells me, eighteen years in South Africa and fought for us against the Matabele.
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In the fort they showed with pride some half a dozen Matabele prisoners they had captured in a fight.
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