Nuer

[ noo-er ]

noun

, plural Nu·ers, (especially collectively) Nu·er·er

1. a member of a tribal people who live along the Nile in southern Sudan and subsist chiefly by raising cattle.
2. the Nilotic language of the Nuer people.

Example Sentences

Thursday’s clashes in the Malakal camp occurred between members of the Shilluk and Nuer ethnic groups, a local representative of the displaced people told The Associated Press.

From Seattle Times

The fighting erupted Thursday morning in the Malakal site between members of the Shilluk and Nuer ethnic groups.

From Seattle Times

The power struggle in South Sudan between President Salva Kiir, a Dinka, and Vice President Riek Machar, a Nuer, took on an ethnic dimension during the civil war.

From Washington Times

The camp residents are overwhelmingly from the Nuer ethnic group, and even though a peace agreement among Nuer and Dinka political leaders has ended the worst bloodshed, they still see South Sudanese institutions, as well as the capital of Juba, as Dinka-dominated — and unsafe.

From Washington Post

The country, over the last years, has seen the limits of the peace deal forged between South Sudan’s president, Salva Kiir, a Dinka, and his Nuer deputy, Riek Machar.

From Washington Post