Meaning of Ologun | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A member of the social class of warrior chiefs in Yoruba society.
2. A Yoruba warrior chief.
   countable

Examples

“The real rulers of the town and its dependencies were the war chiefs, the Ologun, overshadowing the Ogboni”

“Early in the morning of the third day, known as Osetita, Aworo Ose was led by Chief Oloyin, an Ologun warrior chief, to shrines along the roads leading into Ila.”

“Throughout the next four days the Ologun chiefs feasted one another in accordance with their rank.”

“FIGURE 6.5. The Qrangun-Ila wearing the Ologun crown and greeting Ila's chiefs during Iwa Ogun.”

“Why the Ologuns decided to observe this tradition had beaten his imagination. The distance between Ibadan and Abeokuta ought to constitute enough check on them.”

“An Ologun or Olorogun usually wears an unusually long cap.”

“The strength of a state depended on the number and strength of its Ologun war chiefs, while the strength of an Ologun depended on the number of the soldier-slaves he commanded.”

“52 The newspaper reported that at the meeting in Abeokuta, a local chief, the Asipa of Egba and the official spokesman of the Ologuns (traditional war chiefs) summed up popular objection to colonial land reform proposals.”

“As fate would have it, an Ologun who had been on patrol in the area saw the commotion and rescued the Old man with the cane.”

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