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Hottentot

(hät′'n tät′)

noun

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

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

adjective

of the Hottentots or their language or culture

See Hottentot in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. Hottentot or Hot·ten·tots
Offensive

A Khoikhoin.
Any of the Khoikhoin group of languages.

Origin:

Origin: Afrikaans

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