"Ologun" meaning in All languages combined

See Ologun on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: Ologuns [plural], Ologun [plural]
Etymology: From Yoruba ológun. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|yo|ológun}} Yoruba ológun Head templates: {{en-noun|s|Ologun}} Ologun (plural Ologuns or Ologun)
  1. A member of the social class of warrior chiefs in Yoruba society.
    Sense id: en-Ologun-en-noun-XEBhloqX
  2. (countable) A Yoruba warrior chief. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-Ologun-en-noun-NoNKqGfS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 74 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 10 90

Inflected forms

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          "text": "The real rulers of the town and its dependencies were the war chiefs, the Ologun, overshadowing the Ogboni",
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          "ref": "1996, John Pemberton, Funso S. Afọlayan, Yoruba sacred kingship: \"a power like that of the gods\", Smithsonian Inst Pr",
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          "ref": "1997, Sandra T. Barnes, Africa's Ogun: Old World and New, Indiana University Press, page 117",
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          "ref": "1984, Ẹgba Chieftaincy Handbook",
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          "ref": "1998, I. A. Akinjogbin, War and Peace in Yorubaland, 1793-1893, Heinemann Educational Books",
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          "ref": "2008, Bonny Ibhawoh, Imperialism and Human Rights: Colonial Discourses of Rights and Liberties in African History, SUNY Press, page 102",
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          "ref": "2009, O. T. A. Omi OLO oshun, Pataki of Orisa and Other Essay's for Lucumi Santeria, Lulu.com",
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