munjon

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noun

An Aboriginal Australian who has little or no contact with white people.

OriginYindjibarndi manyjangu →
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Meanings

nounmunjon (plural munjons)

plural munjons

  1. AustraliaAn Aboriginal Australian who has little or no contact with white people.

    Davey was a smart young aboriginal who, only three years before, had been a munjon (wild bush blackfellow).

    1937, Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, published 1947, page 6

Origin

  1. Yindjibarndimanyjangu“stranger”
  2. Englishmunjon

From Yindjibarndi manyjangu (“stranger”).

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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