Impi

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Impi \Im"pi\ ([i^]m"p[i^]), n. [Zulu.]
     A body of Kaffir warriors; a body of native armed men. [South
     Africa]
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
           As early as 1862 he crossed assagais with and defeated


           a Matabili impi (war band).              --James Bryce.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]