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Senegalese, n. and a.|ˌsɛnɪgəˈliːz, -gɔːˈl-|
[f. prec. + -ese.]
A. n. A native or inhabitant of Senegal.
B. adj. Of or pertaining to Senegal.
Formerly applied loosely to an inhabitant of any French colony in West or Central Africa.
191719th Cent. Feb. 313 The Senegalese were in the fight with us. 1919H. H. Johnston Compar. Stud. Bantu & Semi-Bantu Langs. p. vi The facilities accorded to me in 1915 to visit the camps and hospitals of the ‘Senegalese’ soldiers in France. This assemblage of negroes from all parts of French West and West-Central Africa was a singularly fortunate circumstance. 1926Blackw. Mag. Oct. 501/1 His French was fluent,..the French of the Senegalese troops. 1938L. Bemelmans Life Class ii. ii. 131 In the Ballroom kitchen, Kalakobé the Senegalese is dragging the huge casseroles up out of the elevator. 1978Black World May 93/1 The struggle of the Senegalese against the invading French forces nearly a century ago. 1980Times Lit. Suppl. 24 Oct. 1200/2 The belligerent exchange between the Senegalese writers at Frankfurt was symbolic of larger antagonisms. |