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English Dictionary: zulu by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Zulu
n
  1. a member of the tall Negroid people of eastern South Africa; some live in KwaZulu-Natal under the traditional clan system but many now work in the cities
  2. a community of Negroid people in eastern South Africa
  3. a Bantu language of considerable literary importance in southeastern Africa
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Zulus \Zu"lus\ (z[oomac]"l[oomac]z), n. pl.; sing. {Zulu}
      (-l[oomac]). (Ethnol.)
      The most important tribe belonging to the Kaffir race. They
      inhabit a region on the southeast coast of Africa, but
      formerly occupied a much more extensive country. They are
      noted for their warlike disposition, courage, and military
      skill.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Zulu \Zu"lu\, n. [Also Zooloo.]
      1. Any member of the tribe of Zulus; a Zulu-Kaffir. See
            {Zulus}.
  
      2. (Philol.) One of the most important members of the South
            African, or Bantu, family of languages, spoken partly in
            Natal and partly in Zululand, but understood, and more or
            less in use, over a wide territory, at least as far north
            as the Zambezi; -- called also {Zulu-Kaffir}.
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