Barotse

/ (bəˈrɒtsɪ) /

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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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How to use Barotse in a sentence

They were working among the Baila, and also some Barotse who were living in that section of the country.
South and South Central Africa|H. Frances Davidson
Then their Barotse conquerors came and killed all the iron workers and told them to come to the Barotse and purchase their iron.
South and South Central Africa|H. Frances Davidson
He had been cured of this complaint, during the year before, by the Barotse making a large number of free incisions in the chest.
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

Among the Barotse I found a disease called manassah, which closely resembles that of the 'foeda mulier' of history.
Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa|David Livingstone