Zimbabwean

noun, adj — 2 senses

Zimbabwean

noun

/zɪmˈbɑːb.wi.ən/

Etymology From Zimbabwe + -an.

1

A person from Zimbabwe or of Zimbabwean descent.

We were, practically to a person, young Zimbabweans who had no parental backing but who had acquired the means through some sort of tenacity, however dubious, to lodge at the respectable hostel.2006, Tsitsi Dangarembga, The Book of Not, Faber & Faber Limited (2021), page 269:

Hypernyms: sub-Saharan, African

Zimbabwean

adj

Etymology From Zimbabwe + -an.

1

Of, from, or pertaining to Zimbabwe or the Zimbabwean people.

‘Oh Dick! You’re a poet, although you don’t know it!’ Belinda, with that annoying Zimbabwean habit of repeating clichés as though they were a novel observation, made her way towards Dick bearing a gin and tonic.2006, Tsitsi Dangarembga, The Book of Not, Faber & Faber Limited (2021), page 288:

Derived terms: Zimbabwean dollar

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