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ASSEGAI (assegais)
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Irregular inflected form: assegais
Dictionary entry overview: What does assegai mean?
• ASSEGAI (noun)
The noun ASSEGAI has 1 sense:
1. the slender spear of the Bantu-speaking people of Africa
Familiarity information: ASSEGAI used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The slender spear of the Bantu-speaking people of Africa
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
assagai; assegai
Hypernyms ("assegai" is a kind of...):
lance; shaft; spear (a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon)
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