muzungu
n.— «It began when she asked the court orderlies to bring the soldiers, referring to them as muzungus (white men), so she could deal with the file.» —“British soldiers on theft charge freed” by Joseph Murimi The Standard (Nairobi, Kenya) Aug. 10, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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