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bwana (bwä′nə)

noun

Historical master; sir: respectful term of address used in parts of Africa

Etymology: Swahili < Ar abūna, our father < abū, father

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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