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Kwedien
Kwedien [ kwe dn ] (plural Kwediens)


noun 
Definition:
 
South Africa young boy: a boy, especially one too young to undergo initiation into manhood
[Mid-20th century. < Xhosa< inkwenkwe 'uncircumcised boy']
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