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Bwana

//ˈbwɑːnə// noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    Big boss, important person. slang

    "It is Jim C.’s custom always to say “Up Simba” in a fake-deep bwana voice as he hefts the camera to his right shoulder […]"

Etymology

Borrowed from Swahili bwana (“master”), from Arabic أَبُونَا (ʔabūnā, “our father”). Doublet of abbot.

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