Tutsi

Tut·si

T0430050 (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.]

Tutsi

(ˈtuːtsɪ) n, pl -si or -sis (Peoples) a member of a people of Rwanda and Burundi, probably a Nilotic people

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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Tutsi - a member of a Bantu speaking people living in Rwanda and BurundiWatusi, WatutsiBurundi, Republic of Burundi - a landlocked republic in east central Africa on the northeastern shore of Lake TanganyikaRuanda, Rwanda, Rwandese Republic - a landlocked republic in central Africa; formerly a German colonyBantu - a member of any of a large number of linguistically related peoples of Central and South Africa

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Tutsi

(to͞ot`sē, to͞o`–) or

Watutsi

(wä–), cattle-raising people of central Africa, particularly in BurundiBurundi
, officially Republic of Burundi, republic (2015 est. pop. 10,199,000), 10,747 sq mi (27,834 sq km), E central Africa. It borders on Rwanda in the north, on Tanzania in the east, on Lake Tanganyika in the southwest, and on Congo (Kinshasa) in the west.
..... Click the link for more information. and RwandaRwanda
, officially Republic of Rwanda, republic (2015 est. pop. 11,630,000), 10,169 sq mi (26,338 sq km), E central Africa. It borders on Congo (Kinshasa) in the west, on Uganda in the north, on Tanzania in the east, and on Burundi in the south.
..... Click the link for more information. ; they are also known as Watusi or Batusi. The original Tutsi homeland was probably in Ethiopia, and c.400 years ago they migrated south to around Lake Kivu. Here they established the native kingdoms of Rwanda and Burundi, ruled by a mwami (king). An aristocratic people, the Tutsi long held the peasant Bahutu, or Hutu, in feudal subjugation. In the 1970s, 80s, and 90s, despite much integration of Tutsi and Hutu culture, many members of both tribes died in bloody fighting in Burundi, Rwanda, and Congo. The Tutsi are spectacularly tall, often 7 ft (2.1 m) in height.

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noun a member of a Bantu speaking people living in Rwanda and Burundi

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