a member of a large grouping of peoples of southern Africa, living chiefly in Botswana, South Africa, and Lesotho
2.
the group of mutually intelligible languages of this people, including Lesotho, Tswana, and Pedi. It belongs to the Bantu group of the Niger-Congo family
3. Word forms: plural-tho or -thos South Africa
a member of the Basotho people; a Mosotho
4. South Africa
the dialect of Sotho spoken by the Basotho; Sesotho. It is an official language of Lesotho along with English