Barotse

British  

/ bəˈrɒtsɪ /

noun

1. a member of a Negroid people of central Africa living chiefly in SW Zambia

2. the language spoken by this people; Lozi

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Example Sentences

We object to this act," said the Barotse, "because it did not come to us through our Paramount Chief, or even through the resident commissioner.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Barotse leaders, it seemed, disliked federation, not because it brought too little freedom to their people, but because it might bring too much.

From Time Magazine Archive

The variety in type among the Mashona and the homogeneity of the Barotse would rather point to an opposite conclusion.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" by Various

The ceremonies among the Barotse or Marotse are somewhat more elaborate for a girl of the royal family.

From Balder the Beautiful, Volume I. A Study in Magic and Religion: the Golden Bough, Part VII., The Fire-Festivals of Europe and the Doctrine of the External Soul by Frazer, James George, Sir

As they advanced up the Barotse valley, rains had fallen and the woods had put on their gayest hue.

From A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole by Synge, M. B. (Margaret Bertha)