zimbabweanhttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zimbabwean_adj%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_useZimbabwean, adj. & n.
Revised 2022

Zimbabweanadjective & noun

  1. adjective
    1. 1961–
      Of, belonging to, or relating to the East African country of Zimbabwe or its inhabitants.
      Formerly the self-governing British colony of Southern Rhodesia, Zimbabwe became an independent republic in 1980.
      1. 1961
        A Zimbabwean politician said..‘We want to be the governors’.
        Economist 29 April 453/1
      2. 1979
        Zimbabwean economic and social historiography.
        African Affairs vol. 78 253 (heading)
      3. 2018
        You are a true Zimbabwean woman.
        T. Dangarembga, This Mournable Body (e-book edition)
  2. noun
    1. 1961–
      A native or inhabitant of Zimbabwe.
      1. 1961
        Southern Rhodesian nationalists call themselves ‘Zimbabweans’, after the ruins.
        Economist 13 May 660/2
      2. 1990
        The Zimbabwean thinks it could go down to the wire.
        Independent 29 September (Weekend section) 51/7
      3. 2020
        Millions of Zimbabweans are in the diaspora.
        NewsDay (Zimbabwe) (Nexis) 13 January

Zimbabwean, adj. & n. was revised in June 2022.

Zimbabwean, adj. & n. was last modified in June 2024.