munt
verbEtymology Related to munted; see there for more.
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Slang To engage in the act of munting.
munt
nounUS, UK /mʌnt/ · Northern-England /mʊnt/
Etymology Probably derived from Northern Ndebele umuntu, with stress on the first syllable, which is uncommon for Nguni languages. From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀ntʊ̀ (“person”).
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Rhodesia, Derogatory, Ethnic, Offensive, Slang, Slur A black person, usually a man.
- My Dad has taught me that in England some foolish man may call me sambo, darkie, boot or munt or nigger, even.1964 [1957], Colin MacInnes, City of Spades, London: Penguin Books, page 22:
- Munt was a derogatory term used by the [Rhodesian] security forces to refer to blacks.2006, Geoffrey Nyarota, Against the Grain: Memoirs of a Zimbabwean Newsman, Zebra Press, page 63: