Definitions

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  • noun one of the Basotho ethnic group
  • noun a citizen of Lesotho

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Examples

  • Collectively, the people of the country are known as Basotho, while an individual member of the Basotho nation is referred to as a Mosotho.

    No Place Left to Bury the Dead Nicole Itano 2007

  • Viljoen SC called Mosotho lawyer Kananelo Mosito a "petulant adolescent".

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1999

  • Nationality: noun: Mosotho (singular), Basotho (plural) adjective: Basotho

    Lesotho 2008

  • Lesothonoun: Mosotho (singular), Basotho (plural) adjective: Basotho

    Nationality 2008

  • Referring to the "100% Zuluboy" t-shirts worn outside ANC deputy president Jacob Zuma's court appearances, he said T-shirts bearing the words "100 percent Pedi" or "100 percent Mosotho" should be banned at the ANC's national conference in Polokwane in December.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2007

  • "I appeal to every Mosotho to get this time table so that they know what is going to happen," Thoahlane said.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2005

  • Independent Democrats each had a single candidate win in the remaining three wards, deputy chief electoral officer Mosotho

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2005

  • Does that mean a signing Mosotho cannot converse with a signing American?

    languagehat.com: LANGUAGE ENROLLMENTS UP. 2004

  • Tempers flared between a South African senior counsel for the prosecution and a Mosotho lawyer for the accused on Thursday at the mutiny trial of 41 Lesotho Defence Force members in Maseru.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1999

  • Every Mosotho should stand up and play a role in the development of Lesotho, prime minister-designate Pakalitha Mosisili said on Thursday night.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1998

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