fon
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/fɔːn/
Noun
A fool or idiot.
Usage- Obsolete
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Delt he not lyke a fon? Delt he not lyke a daw?
Noun
A chieftain or king of a region of Cameroon.
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Province-wide, the latter part of the 1990s witnessed considerable efforts by the regime to organize and activate a bloc of such financially dependent fons in the North West Elite Association (NWELA), […]
In the early 1900s, the Bafut fought several wars with the German colonizers and their allies, ending in 1907 with the exile of the fon of that time.
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Biya's volte-face became apparent in July 1990 when he, as president of the ruling Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (CPDM) appointed Ganyonga and the fons of Mankon and Bafut into key positions of the party […]
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fons