Cetshwayo

/ kɛˈtʃwɑːjɒ /

noun

1. Cetshwayo?18261884MZuluPOLITICS: hereditary ruler ?1826–84, king of the Zulus (1873–79): defeated the British at Isandhlwana (1879) but was overwhelmed by them at Ulundi (1879); captured, he stated his case in London, and was reinstated as ruler of part of Zululand (1883)

Example Sentences

Buthelezi played his own great-grandfather King Cetshwayo in the 1964 film "Zulu", which immortalised the 1879 defence of Rorke's Drift by British troops against thousands of Zulu fighters but also spread the image of the Zulus beyond South Africa as a mighty warrior race.

From Reuters

He played the role of his real-life great-grandfather, King Cetshwayo at the battle of Rorke's Drift.

From BBC

He was a direct descendent of King Cetshwayo, who led the Zulus in the war with the British army in 1879.

From BBC

Isilo Samabandla Onke, loosely translated as "King of all Zulu kings", as he was called, was a direct descendent of King Cetshwayo, the leader of the Zulu nation during the 1879 war against the British army.

From BBC

From 19th-century Zulu leader King Cetshwayo, who cloaked himself in actual leopard hides, to the Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious, who created havoc in a rebellious speckled cardigan, men have been confidently wearing leopard for centuries.

From Wall Street Journal