Meaning of Zumbi | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The famous leader of the Quilombo dos Palmares, located in Brazil, South America.
2. Nonstandard spelling of zombie.
   alt-of, nonstandard, rare

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Examples

“and thus there was no danger of the Zumbi, or ghost killing men by reapparition.”

“as a libation, it would appear, to the zumbi or n’zumbi of the other world, by and with whom they always deem themselves surrounded and connected.”

“The patients duly offered a banquet to appease the zumbi, but in Modena’s view the only purpose of the ritual was to invoke the demon.”

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