Barotse

/ (bəˈrɒtsɪ) /

noun

plural -se or -ses a member of a Negroid people of central Africa living chiefly in SW Zambia

the language spoken by this people; Lozi

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You may have read the word "simmer" in a recipe or two, but what does it really mean?

To cook in water that begins cold and then reaches a boil.

To stew in a sauce for a long time.

To cook in water, just below boiling temperature.

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Words nearby Barotse

barothermohygrograph, barotitis media, barotrauma, barotropic, barotropy, Barotse, Barotseland, barouche, Barozzi, barperson, bar pin

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Example sentences from the Web for Barotse

During the time thus spent in the Barotse country, Livingstone saw heathenism in its most unadulterated form.
The Personal Life Of David Livingstone|William Garden Blaikie
My own Batoka were much more degraded than the Barotse, and more reckless.
Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa|David Livingstone
Throughout this Barotse valley hunger is not known, yet there is no care exercised in planting.
Stanley in Africa|James P. Boyd
Masiko, the Barotse chief, for whom we had some captives, lived nearly due east of this point.
Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa|David Livingstone

The people of the Barotse tribe have a very decided belief in the continued existence of the spirits of the departed.
The World and Its People: Book VII|Anna B. Badlam

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