a member of a South African people traditionally living mainly in KwaZulu-Natal province. The Zulus formed a powerful military empire in southern Africa during the 19th century before being defeated in a series of engagements with Afrikaner and British settlers

the Bantu language of the Zulus, related to Xhosa. It is one of the official languages of South Africa

he is now fluent in Zulu and Setswana

a code word representing the letter Z, used in radio communication