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Senegalese

[ sen-i-gaw-leez, -lees, -guh- ]

/ ˌsɛn ɪ gɔˈliz, -ˈlis, -gə- /

adjective

of or relating to the republic of Senegal.

noun, plural Sen·e·ga·lese.

a native or inhabitant of Senegal.

Origin of Senegalese

First recorded in 1915–20; Senegal + -ese

Example sentences from the Web for senegalese

Senegalese lawyer Doudou Diene (PDF) was the third person selected to join the commission.

U.N. Gaza Investigator: 'Anti-Israel' Label Is a 'Slur' |Gideon Resnick |August 12, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
One hundred years ago, Senegalese natives were put on display in Norway to drum up support for colonialism.

Norway’s Controversial Human Zoo Is Back |Nina Strochlic |May 19, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
At a Walmart in Colorado, Senegalese immigrants work as managers and sell sporting goods.

Africa Is Rising: Inside the Continent’s Great Economic Leap |Jake Bright |January 6, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
His Senegalese father married his mother, who is from Mauritania, and then emigrated to France.

‘The Intouchables’: Omar Sy on the Movie and His Success |Lorenza Muñoz |May 25, 2012 |DAILY BEAST

But many Senegalese wonder if religion is enough to rein in the problems currently facing the country.

Senegal Presidential Elections: Violence Flares Over Wade’s Candidacy |Artis Henderson |February 26, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
And everywhere was color; there are no people on earth more color conscious than the Senegalese.

Border, Breed Nor Birth |Dallas McCord Reynolds
Possibly Senegalese, up from the area near Dakar, products of the new schools and the new industries mushrooming there.

Black Man's Burden |Dallas McCord Reynolds
The slope, from the beach upward, was as alive with French and Senegalese as a cloven ant-hill is alive with ants.

Tell England |Ernest Raymond
None of the French officers attended the ceremony, but the Senegalese and the natives watched the proceedings with great interest.

Khartoum Campaign, 1898 |Bennet Burleigh
The gun, he said, was brought up by a detachment of German dragoons and the Senegalese bravely charged and captured everything.

America's War for Humanity |Thomas Herbert Russell

British Dictionary definitions for senegalese

Senegalese

/ (ˌsɛnɪɡəˈliːz) /

adjective

of or relating to Senegal or its inhabitants

noun

a native or inhabitant of Senegal