Definition of "impi" [‖Im•pi]

• A group of Zulu (or other Bantu) warriors; a detachment of armed men. (noun)

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• "They claimed to have been attacked by an ANC "impi" which they drove back, killing 12 people in the process."
• "Durban, when he saw a 600-strong "impi" mob armed with cultural weapons and guns converge on several homesteads."
• "No "impi," or native regiment, can now sweep down on him and "eat him up," that is, carry off his cattle, put his kraal to the flames, and himself, his people, his wives, and children to the assegai."