Definitions

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  • noun An individual of the Serer people.
  • proper noun A West African ethnic group found in Senegal, the Gambia and Mauritania.
  • proper noun The language of the Serer people.
  • proper noun A religion practiced by the Serer people.

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Examples

  • Relatively unknown in the West, there was another obscure drum which has been just as important in the Wolof and Serer cultures of the Senegambia region and would go on to be just as powerful and symbolic as the Djembe.

    Sasha Brookner: Sabar: African Hip-Hop Sasha Brookner 2012

  • Relatively unknown in the West, there was another obscure drum which has been just as important in the Wolof and Serer cultures of the Senegambia region and would go on to be just as powerful and symbolic as the Djembe.

    Sasha Brookner: Sabar: African Hip-Hop Sasha Brookner 2012

  • "A lot of guys would not have even agreed to this interview [if it were] with a guy," Serer confided.

    Trisha Gura: From Brawny Men to Barbie's Ken - Who Are the Real Guys? 2009

  • If he carefully picks out an outfit each morning, he "will do it on his own" and pretend he threw on random clothes, according to Serer.

    Trisha Gura: From Brawny Men to Barbie's Ken - Who Are the Real Guys? 2009

  • I would watch their faces when I told them about that, because the white man had completely erased the slaves 'past, a Negro in America can never know his true family name, or even what tribe he was descended from: the Mandingos, the Wolof, the Serer, the Fula, the Fanti, the Ashanti, or others.

    The Autobiography of Malcolm X X, Malcolm, 1925-1965 1964

  • Wolof 43. 3\%, Pular 23. 8\%, Serer 14. 7\%, Jola 3. 7\%, Mandinka

    The 2001 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

  • Ethnic groups: Wolof 43. 3\%, Pular 23. 8\%, Serer 14. 7\%, Jola 3. 7\%,

    The 2001 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

  • Wolof 43. 3\%, Pular 23. 8\%, Serer 14. 7\%, Jola 3. 7\%, Mandinka

    The 2005 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

  • Wolof 43. 3\%, Pular 23. 8\%, Serer 14. 7\%, Jola 3. 7\%, Mandinka

    The 2004 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

  • Ethnic groups: Wolof 43. 3\%, Pular 23. 8\%, Serer 14. 7\%, Diola 3. 7\%,

    The 1999 CIA Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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