Definitions
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a member of a Bantu speaking people living in Rwanda and Burundi
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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One may be a Yoruba and one an Ibo; one a Ga and one an Ashanti; one a Kikuyu and one a Luo; one a Bahutu and one a Watutsi.
VQR 2010
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Whereupon the Bahutu, a tribe previously dominated by the tall, aristocratic, and harsh Watutsi people, attacked their erstwhile overlords with such ferocity that hundreds were killed or beleaguered and the Belgians had to show that they were still in control by flying in several battalions of troops.
VQR 2010
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The tall Batutsi (Watutsi: Tutsi) are cattle herders, warriors and rulers of Ethiopian origin.
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The tall Batutsi (Watutsi: Tutsi) are cattle herders, warriors and rulers of Ethiopian origin.
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The tall Batutsi (Watutsi: Tutsi) are cattle herders, warriors and rulers of Ethiopian origin.
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Where maybe someday, they’ll do the Watutsi on down in Hutu hell
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