Tut·si
(to͞ot′sē) also Wa·tut·si (wä-) or Wa·tu·si (-to͞o′-)n. pl. Tutsi or
Tut·sis also
Watutsi or
Wa·tut·sis or
Watusi or
Wa·tu·sis A member of a Bantu-speaking people inhabiting Rwanda and Burundi.
[Kinyarwanda.]
Wa·tut·si
(wä-to͞ot′sē) also Wa·tu·si (wä-to͞o′sē)n. pl. Watutsi or
Wa·tut·sis also
Watusi or
Wa·tu·sis
[Kinyarwanda : wa-, pl. human prefix + -tutsi, Tutsi.]
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Watusi
(wəˈtuːzɪ) or Watutsi
n,
pl -sis or -si (Peoples) a member of a cattle-owning Negroid people of Rwanda and Burundi in Africa
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Tut•si
(ˈtut si)
n., pl. -sis, (esp. collectively) -si. a member of a tall-statured, traditionally pastoral people of the kingdoms W of Lake Victoria in E Africa: a ruling caste in these kingdoms and in the modern successor states of Rwanda until 1961 and Burundi up to the present.
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Noun | 1. | Watusi - a member of a Bantu speaking people living in Rwanda and BurundiBantu - a member of any of a large number of linguistically related peoples of Central and South Africa |
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