Senegalesen.adj.
/ˌsɛnᵻɡəˈliːz/, /ˌsɛnᵻɡɔːˈliːz/, U.S. /ˌsɛnəɡəˈliz/ A. n.
A native or inhabitant of Senegal.
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1917 19th Cent. Feb. 313 The Senegalese were in the fight with us.
1920 Blackwood's Mag. Apr. 547/2 They were Senegalese from the French country.
1938 L. Bemelmans Life Class ii. ii. 131 In the Ballroom kitchen, Kalakobé the Senegalese is dragging the huge casseroles up out of the elevator.
1978 Black World May 93/1 The struggle of the Senegalese against the invading French forces nearly a century ago.
B. adj.
Of or pertaining to Senegal. Formerly applied loosely to an inhabitant of any French colony in West or Central Africa.
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1919 H. H. Johnston Compar. Study Bantu & Semi-Bantu Lang. 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.
1926 Blackwood's Mag. Oct. 501/1 His French was fluent,..the French of the Senegalese troops.
1980 Times Lit. Suppl. 24 Oct. 1200/2 The belligerent exchange between the Senegalese writers at Frankfurt was symbolic of larger antagonisms.
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n.adj.1917