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Hottentot definition

Hot·ten·tot (hät′'n tät′)

noun

  1. a member of a nomadic pastoral people of SW Africa
  2. the Khoisan language of this people

Etymology: Afrik, lit., hot & tot, echoic of click consonants characteristic of their language

adjective

of the Hottentots or their language or culture

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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