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Definition of "askari" []

  • A member of a local African military or police unit serving in a European force (noun)

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Use "askari" in a sentence
  • "Nieuwoudt, Du Toit and Ras face jail sentences of 20, 15, and 10 years respectively if amnesty is not granted for their killing of three policemen and an "askari" (turned liberation fighter) in"
  • "He denied allegations that Sidebe had become an "askari", the name given to ANC members who joined the police."
  • "Mxenge murder and his role in it irreversably sucked him into the apartheid-era security apparatus as an "askari" or ANC member turned police operative."