Barotse
Britishnoun
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a member of a Negroid people of central Africa living chiefly in SW Zambia
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the language spoken by this people; Lozi
Example Sentences
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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 finger of Providence clearly pointed to a region farther north in the country of the Barotse or beyond it, He admitted that there were pros and cons in the case.
From The Personal Life of David Livingstone by William Garden Blaikie
In the internal affairs of the Barotse the company did not interfere, and the relations between the British and Barotse have been uniformly friendly.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" by Various
There were headaches and heartaches among those Barotse tribes to whom Fred Arnot went!
From A Handful of Stars Texts That Have Moved Great Minds by Frank Boreham
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