mzungun.adj.

1844 J. L. Krapf Diary 25 Sept. (Birmingham University Library: C.M.S. Archives CA5/016/28) f. 496 Sheikh Ibrahim soon after my arrival dispatched a messenger to the nearest Wanica villages, informing the chiefs of the arrival of a M'soongo (as a European is called in the Sooahelee tongue).]

1860 Harper's Mag. Oct. 624/2 When the gang was hired and paid in advance, they ran away, fearing to travel with a Muzungu, or white man.

1897 Living Age 19 June 827/2 I heard a voice say, in the soft, rich native accents: ‘That is the Mzungu whose dog has broken the window at Che Dotolo's house.’

1961 Transition No. 2. 33/2 I found myself welcomed not in spite of the fact that I was a mzungu, not exactly because of it, but rather with the sense of being welcome anyway but with particular pleasure because I was white.

1975 B. Kaggia Roots of Freedom vii. 66 We could no longer accept the belief that a mzungu was better than an African.

1992 Harper's Mag. Jan. 65/1 Njoki..is almost never asked what her family thinks of her being married to a ‘mzungu’—a white person.

1863 J. H. Speke Jrnl. Discov. Source Nile 313 Every Mganda will say the first Uganda year dates from the arrival of the first Mzungŭ (white) visitor.]

1961 Transition No. 1. 22/2 He had to fight an unceasing battle against the African's suspicion of the muzungu theatre.

1968 Atlantic July 75 When Mohinder Singh came to work the next morning and described News From Britain to Sam Fong (‘dancing with a Muzungu girl and goodness knows what’), Sam Fong wept.

1999 Washington Times (Electronic ed.) 31 July A muzungu cocktail party.