noun. Used as a form of respectful address in parts of Africa.

noun. Big boss, important person. Not always used as a favorable term.

""Formerly [in the Congo Free State] an ordinary white man was merely called 'bwana' or 'Mzunga'; now the merest insect of a pale face earns the title of 'bwana Mkubwa' [big master].""

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