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单词 mwananchi
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mwananchin.

Brit. /mwəˈnantʃi/, U.S. /mwəˈnæntʃi/, East African English /ˌmwanaˈn̩tʃi/
Inflections: Plural unchanged, mwananchis.
Origin: A borrowing from Swahili. Etymon: Swahili mwananchi.
Etymology: < Swahili mwananchi (plural wananchi wananchi n.) < mwana offspring + nchi land, earth, country. Compare wananchi n. (which is also used as a plural of mwananchi n. in English).
East African.
A citizen; a member of the public. Cf. wananchi n.
ΚΠ
1965 Jrnl. Mod. Afr. Stud. 3 532 In theory every man may become a mwananchi simply by involving himself in the nation's progress.
1994 National Assembly Official Rep. (Republic of Kenya) 22 June 26 When you increase the price of petrol you are again passing on the burden to the ordinary mwananchi.
2019 Business Daily (Nairobi) (Nexis) 12 May The price of unga on the shelves will certainly rise to levels we feel will be unaffordable to the common mwananchi.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2022).
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