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ASSEGAI (assegais)

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Irregular inflected form: assegais  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

 Dictionary entry overview: What does assegai mean? 

ASSEGAI (noun)
  The noun ASSEGAI has 1 sense:

1. the slender spear of the Bantu-speaking people of Africaplay

  Familiarity information: ASSEGAI used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ASSEGAI (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The slender spear of the Bantu-speaking people of Africa

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

assagai; assegai

Hypernyms ("assegai" is a kind of...):

lance; shaft; spear (a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon)


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