impin.

Etymology: Zulu, = body or company of people, especially of armed men.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈimpi.

A body of Bantu warriors; a force, detachment, army.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > warriors collectively > [noun] > African

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1862 G. H. Mason Zululand xv. 200 There is always an ‘Impi’, (or army,) preparing for an attack on some neighbouring district.

1879 Daily Tel. 16 May A Zulu impi..managed to cut off the chief's cattle and to kill some of his followers.

1885 Harper's Mag. Mar. 652/1 His sabre..clove a way through the Undi Impi at Isandhlwana.

1888 H. R. Haggard Maiwa's Revenge v. 123 The men looking round caught sight of the spears of Wambe's impi coming rapidly along.

1970 Cape Times 28 Oct. 2/9 Lands rich in grass and game and savage impis.

1971 Rand Daily Mail (Johannesburg) 4 Dec. 3/4 Dressed in full tribal regalia of leopard skin and feathers he led the dancing and singing impis who paid homage to their king.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	impi
释义	impin. Etymology: Zulu, = body or company of people, especially of armed men.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈimpi. A body of Bantu warriors; a force, detachment, army. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warriors collectively > [noun] > African impi1862 ilmoran1885 moran1914 1862 G. H. Mason Zululand xv. 200 There is always an ‘Impi’, (or army,) preparing for an attack on some neighbouring district. 1879 Daily Tel. 16 May A Zulu impi..managed to cut off the chief's cattle and to kill some of his followers. 1885 Harper's Mag. Mar. 652/1 His sabre..clove a way through the Undi Impi at Isandhlwana. 1888 H. R. Haggard Maiwa's Revenge v. 123 The men looking round caught sight of the spears of Wambe's impi coming rapidly along. 1970 Cape Times 28 Oct. 2/9 Lands rich in grass and game and savage impis. 1971 Rand Daily Mail (Johannesburg) 4 Dec. 3/4 Dressed in full tribal regalia of leopard skin and feathers he led the dancing and singing impis who paid homage to their king. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1862
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