Matabele

(mat′ə bē′lē)

a member of a Zulu people driven out of the Transvaal and into Rhodesia by the Boers in 1837

Origin: < Zulu name, lit., vanishing (or hidden) people: from “hiding” behind large leather shields in battle

See Matabele in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. Matabele Matabele or Mat·a·be·les

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