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单词 wananchi
释义

wananchin.

Brit. /wəˈnantʃi/, U.S. /wəˈnæntʃi/, East African English /ˌwanaˈn̩tʃi/
Inflections: Plural unchanged, wananchis.
Origin: A borrowing from Swahili. Etymon: Swahili wananchi.
Etymology: < Swahili wananchi, plural of mwananchi mwananchi n. Compare mwananchi n.Originally a plural, but also used as a singular in English (sometimes with a secondary plural form in -s).
East African.
With plural agreement. The masses, the people; the general public. Cf. mwananchi n.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > [noun] > manual worker > labourer or unskilled > collectively
hewers of wood and drawers of water1535
labouring class1753
volk1882
wananchi1965
1965 National Assembly Official Rep. (Republic of Kenya) 5 531/2 The Government we have is the Government of wananchi, the Government of the people.
1980 Standard (Nairobi) 2 June 7/2 The Machakos District Commissioner..called on wananchi and leaders in the district to maintain peace.
2017 Citizen (Tanzania) 19 Oct. To ensure that wananchi are provided with nutrition awareness, we have managed to deploy officers to sensitise the public on the importance of nutrition.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022).
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