Zimbabwean
adj, noun ·4 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A person from Zimbabwe or of Zimbabwean descent.
"We were, practically to a person, young Zimbabweans who had no parental backing but who had acquired the means through some sort of tenacity, however dubious, to lodge at the respectable hostel."
- 2 a native or inhabitant of Zimbabwe wordnet
- 1 Of, from, or pertaining to Zimbabwe or the Zimbabwean people.
"‘Oh Dick! You’re a poet, although you don’t know it!’ Belinda, with that annoying Zimbabwean habit of repeating clichés as though they were a novel observation, made her way towards Dick bearing a gin and tonic."
- 1 of or relating to or characteristic of Zimbabwe or its people wordnet
Example
More examples"The U.S.-funded Famine Early Warning Systems Network, in its latest report, lists shortages and the high prices of seed, fertilizer, and fuel as some of the constraints facing Zimbabwean farmers."
Etymology
From Zimbabwe + -an.
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