Usually means: Colonial term for "master," "sir."
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  1. bwana: Merriam-Webster
  2. bwana: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. bwana: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. bwana: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Bwana, bwana: Wordnik
  6. bwana: Wiktionary
  7. bwana: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. bwana: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. bwana: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. bwana: Dictionary.com
  11. Bwana (film), Bwana: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. bwana: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. bwana: Urban Dictionary

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▸ noun:  (slang) Big boss, important person.

Similar:
top banana, big kahuna, grandboss, big white chief, superboss, big daddy, bigwig, boss, gorilla, big hitter, more...

Opposite:
muntu, serf, slave, peasant, proletarian

Phrases:
Jambo Bwana, Call Me Bwana, Bwana Devil, Handwalla Bwana, more...

Adjectives:
white, great, big, new, other, young, old, hated, convinced, little, ready

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Similar:
top banana, big kahuna, grandboss, big white chief, superboss, big daddy, bigwig, boss, gorilla, big hitter, more...

Opposite:
muntu, serf, slave, peasant, proletarian

Phrases:
Jambo Bwana, Call Me Bwana, Bwana Devil, Handwalla Bwana, more...

Adjectives:
white, great, big, new, other, young, old, hated, convinced, little, ready



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