Warrior vs. Impi

Warriornoun

A person who is actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare; a soldier or combatant.

Warriornoun

(figuratively) A person who is aggressively, courageously, or energetically involved in an activity, such as athletics.

Warriornoun

A man engaged or experienced in war, or in the military life; a soldier; a champion.

Warriornoun

someone engaged in or experienced in warfare

Warrior

A warrior is a person specializing in combat or warfare, especially within the context of a tribal or clan-based warrior culture society that recognizes a separate warrior class or caste.

Impinoun

A group of Zulu (or other Bantu) warriors; a detachment of armed men.

Impinoun

A body of Kaffir warriors; a body of native armed men.

Impi

Impi is a Zulu word meaning war or combat, and by association any body of men gathered for war, for example impi ya masosha is a term denoting 'an army'. Impi were formed from multiple regiments (amabutho in Zulu) from amakhanda (large militarised homesteads).