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‖ ˈimpi
[Zulu, = body or company of people, esp. of armed men.]
A body of Bantu warriors; a force, detachment, army.
1862G. H. Mason Zululand xv. 200 There is always an ‘Impi’, (or army,) preparing for an attack on some neighbouring district. 1879Daily Tel. 16 May, A Zulu impi..managed to cut off the chief's cattle and to kill some of his followers. 1885Harper's Mag. Mar. 652/1 His sabre..clove a way through the Undi Impi at Isandhlwana. 1888Rider Haggard Maiwa's Revenge v. 123 The men looking round caught sight of the spears of Wambe's impi coming rapidly along. 1970Cape Times 28 Oct. 2/9 Lands rich in grass and game and savage impis. 1971Rand Daily Mail 4 Dec. 3/4 Dressed in full tribal regalia of leopard skin and feathers he led the dancing and singing impis who paid homage to their king. |