单词 | bwana |
释义 | Bwanan. East African. A title of courtesy or respect prefixed to the surname or first name of a man. In early use also: a master. Cf. Bw n. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous forms of address or title > [noun] > for a man > in languages other than English Messer1566 signory1585 signor1592 signore1594 mynheer1605 signorship1633 tuan1779 Bwana1860 meneer1899 oga1917 Thakin1920 sayyid1964 the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous forms of address or title > [noun] > title > in languages other than English effendi1614 Shri1800 morena1856 Bwana1860 san1878 1860 R. F. Burton in Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 1859 29 70 A march of 2 h. leads the caravan to a little village called after its headman B'ana Dirunga. 1921 Blackwood's Mag. Jan. 119/1 He had not been able to tell his Bwana about the bustard. 2019 Daily Nation (Kenya) (Nexis) 21 Oct. Give us just one reason to have faith in you Bwana Mwendwa. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022). < n.1860 |
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