Bechuana

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noun

A member of the Tswana people.

Similar
TswanaBatswana
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Meanings

nounBechuana (plural Bechuanas)

plural Bechuanas · alternative Bechwana

  1. datedA member of the Tswana people.

    He was a Bechuana by birth, a good hunter, and, for a native, a very clever man.

    1885, H. Rider Haggard, King Solomon's Mines

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna member of a Bantu people living chiefly in Botswana and western South Africa

Similar
TswanaBatswana
Broader
Bantu
Also see
tswana

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

See Botswana.

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Cite this entry
APA

Bechuana. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bechuana

MLA

“Bechuana.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bechuana. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Bechuana,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bechuana.

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