"inkosi" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1956, Margaret Read, The Ngoni of Nyasaland, page 66:",
          "text": "Before leaving his house to go to the kraal the inkosi had to eat a little porridge.",
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          "text": "Muse, sing the rage of Peleus’ son Akhilleus, / deadly rage that brought the Akhaians endless pain, / that hurled down to Hades many strong souls / of heroes and made their bodies meat for dogs / and vultures, fulfilling the plan of Zeus, / ever since that day those two quarreled— / inkosi Agamemnon and godlike Akhilleus.",
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        "A chief (particularly Zulu)."
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        {
          "word": "inkhosi"
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          "text": "Muse, sing the rage of Peleus’ son Akhilleus, / deadly rage that brought the Akhaians endless pain, / that hurled down to Hades many strong souls / of heroes and made their bodies meat for dogs / and vultures, fulfilling the plan of Zeus, / ever since that day those two quarreled— / inkosi Agamemnon and godlike Akhilleus.",
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