Mzeen.

Brit.

/(ə)mˈzeɪ/, U.S.

/(ə)mˈzeɪ/

Forms: 1800s– Mze, 1900s– Mzee.

Origin: A borrowing from Swahili. Etymon: Swahili mzee.

Etymology: < Swahili mzee (plural wazee ) old person, ancestor, elder, person respected for age or status, parent (compare old man n.) < m- class prefix + zee aged, old.Use as a title of respect prefixed to a name is a relatively recent development in Swahili. The Swahili plural form wazee is also occasionally found in English context, especially in the sense ‘ancestors’.

East African.

An old person; an elder. Also used as a title of respect prefixed to a name.Usually limited to African referents. In English use, notably as the title of Jomo Kenyatta (c1894–1978), first Prime Minister (1963–4) and President (1964–78) of Kenya.

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1898 W. W. A. Fitzgerald Trav. Coastlands Brit. E. Afr. xx. 380 Mze Saif, the chief of the place..was, I found, absent on the mainland.

1914 E. Afr. ProtectorateLaw Rep. (1915) 5 ii. 210 The Plaintiff, a Moran of the Ol Damat tribe, claims 14 head of cattle and 2 donkeys, which the Defendant, a Mzee of the Purko tribe, says belong to him.

1974 Daily News (Tanzania) 13 Sept. 7/2 Ndugu Gernas cited one example of a ‘Mzee’ who is a beggar in Dar es Salaam.

1976 Drum (Johannesburg) Aug. (E. Afr. ed.) 23/1 Returning to Kenya in 1962 he worked as an executive officer in the then Ministry of Economic Planning and Constitutional Affairs under Mzee Jomo Kenyatta.

1979 M. H. Abdalaziz Muyaka 31 Each mji or tribe had a recognized elder called Mzee who led his people in all social political matters, and functioned as spokesman in inter-miji affairs.

1992 World Press Rev. Mar. 54/2 Her husband, the mzee (old man), temporarily leaves his favorite leisure place, the local shopping center.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mzee
释义	Mzeen. Brit. /(ə)mˈzeɪ/, U.S. /(ə)mˈzeɪ/ Forms: 1800s– Mze, 1900s– Mzee. Origin: A borrowing from Swahili. Etymon: Swahili mzee. Etymology: < Swahili mzee (plural wazee ) old person, ancestor, elder, person respected for age or status, parent (compare old man n.) < m- class prefix + zee aged, old.Use as a title of respect prefixed to a name is a relatively recent development in Swahili. The Swahili plural form wazee is also occasionally found in English context, especially in the sense ‘ancestors’. East African. An old person; an elder. Also used as a title of respect prefixed to a name.Usually limited to African referents. In English use, notably as the title of Jomo Kenyatta (c1894–1978), first Prime Minister (1963–4) and President (1964–78) of Kenya. ΚΠ 1898 W. W. A. Fitzgerald Trav. Coastlands Brit. E. Afr. xx. 380 Mze Saif, the chief of the place..was, I found, absent on the mainland. 1914 E. Afr. ProtectorateLaw Rep. (1915) 5 ii. 210 The Plaintiff, a Moran of the Ol Damat tribe, claims 14 head of cattle and 2 donkeys, which the Defendant, a Mzee of the Purko tribe, says belong to him. 1974 Daily News (Tanzania) 13 Sept. 7/2 Ndugu Gernas cited one example of a ‘Mzee’ who is a beggar in Dar es Salaam. 1976 Drum (Johannesburg) Aug. (E. Afr. ed.) 23/1 Returning to Kenya in 1962 he worked as an executive officer in the then Ministry of Economic Planning and Constitutional Affairs under Mzee Jomo Kenyatta. 1979 M. H. Abdalaziz Muyaka 31 Each mji or tribe had a recognized elder called Mzee who led his people in all social political matters, and functioned as spokesman in inter-miji affairs. 1992 World Press Rev. Mar. 54/2 Her husband, the mzee (old man), temporarily leaves his favorite leisure place, the local shopping center. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1898
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