Added 9 October 2026 mandela noun Categories: PeopleRare Words noun ! Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. More about mandela at Wordnik → Where our words come from → South African statesman who was released from prison to become the nation's first democratically elected president in 1994 (born in 1918). Related Words: mandalamandimandynelsonmandngangamandsramaphosamandelzumamuttimolenda Back to today's word