umfundisin.
/ʊmfᵿnˈdiːsi/, U.S. /ˌʊmfənˈdisi/, South African English /ʊmfʊnˈdiːsi/ South African.
A teacher, a minister, a missionary; also used as a respectful form of address.
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society > education > teaching > teacher > [noun]
larewc900
mastereOE
lorthewc1160
lore-fatherc1175
lerera1340
lister1377
loresman1377
doctora1382
learner1382
teacherc1384
readera1387
lore-mastera1400
former1401
informer?c1422
preceptorc1450
instructora1464
informator1483
doctrinal?1504
lear-father1533
usher1533
instructer1534
trainer1543
educator1609
instituter1670
institutorc1675
subpreceptor1696
Barbe1710
pundit1816
umfundisi1825
preception1882
guru1884
mwalimu1884
rabbi1917
society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > [noun]
God's maneOE
priestOE
clerkc1050
secularc1290
vicary1303
minister1340
divinec1380
man of Godc1384
kirkmana1400
man of the churchc1400
cockc1405
Ecclesiastc1405
spiritual1441
ministrator1450
abbé1530
reverend1547
churchman1549
tippet-captain?1550
tippet knight1551
tippet man1551
public minister1564
reading minister1572
clergyman1577
clerk1577
padre1584
minstrel1586
spiritual1600
cleric1623
cassock1628
Levite1640
gownsman1641
teaching elder1642
ecclesiastic1651
religionist1651
crape1682
crape-gown-man1682
man in black1692
soul driver1699
secularist1716
autem jet1737
liturge1737
officiant1740
snub-devil1785
soul doctor1785
officiator1801
umfundisi1825
crape-man1826
clerical1837
God-man1842
Pfarrer1844
liturgist1848
white-choker1851
rook1859
shovel hat1859
sky pilot1865
ecclesiastical1883
joss-pidgin-man1886
josser1887
sin-shiftera1912
sin-buster1931
parch1944
society > faith > worship > preaching > proselytization > mission > [noun] > one who conducts
missionary1625
missioner1654
gospeller1673
umfundisi1825
God-man1842
moruti1866
missionizer1901
missionist1909
mish1939
1825 W. Shaw Jrnl. 23 Feb. in Never a Young Man (1967) 64 The Caffres knew me to be a ‘Fundis’ (teacher).
1833 S. Kay Trav. Caffraria iii. 73 Never have we been safe; but the Umfundis shall be our bush.
1833 S. Kay Trav. Caffraria xii. 317 But if we neglect her, the Umfundis (Missionary) will be angry.
1837 F. Owen Diary 12 Oct. (1926) 44 We don't know what we have learned this morning, for the Umfundis (teacher) sent us away so soon.
1863 J. S. Dobie Jrnl. 9 Apr. in S. Afr. Jrnl. (1945) 78 Called at a kraal and got enlightened on road to the umfundisi (missionary) Zonkle.
1905 G. Calloway Sketch Kafir Life 9 Oh! Mfundisi; I am weak, I cannot work to-day.
1923 Other Lands Oct. 19/1 Their dear old Umfundise was the Moderator-elect.
1948 A. Paton Cry, Beloved Country i. ii. 14 I bring a letter, umfundisi.
1948 A. Paton Cry, Beloved Country i. iii. 21 They saw his clerical collar, and moved up to make room for the umfundisi.
1973 Eastern Province Herald (Port Elizabeth) 6 Aug. 6/7 Job's comforters are..the unfundisi and a cheerful scavenger from the municipal rubbish dump.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1825- have the ball at one's foot
- have the ball at one's foot before one
- have the ball at one's foot feet
- have the ball at one's foot feet before one
- have the battle
- have the best
- have the best of
- have the best of it
- have the better end of the staff
- have the better hand
- have the better of
- have the better, or worse, end of the staff
- have the big eye
- have the black dog on one's back
- have the black dog on one's shoulder
- have the brass neck to
- have the bulge on
- have the call
- have the call of the market
- have the care of
- have the cheek
- have the cheek to do something
- have the conscience
- have the crappy end of the stick
- have the defects of one's qualities