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Zulu-Kaffir

Zulu-Kaffir \Zu"lu-Kaf"fir\, n. A member of the Bantu race comprising the Zulus and the Kaffirs.

Zulu-Kaffir

Zulu \Zu"lu\ (z[=oo]"l[=oo]), n. [Also Zooloo.]

  1. Any member of the tribe of Zulus; a Zulu-Kaffir. See Zulus.

  2. (Philol.) One of the most important members of the South African, or Bantu, family of languages, spoken partly in Natal and partly in Zululand, but understood, and more or less in use, over a wide territory, at least as far north as the Zambezi; -- called also Zulu-Kaffir.

  3. a word used in spoken communications to represent the letter Z.