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

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

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 "Société des Missions Évangéliques," of Paris, has made preparations for occupying the Barotse Valley, near the head-waters of the Zambesi.

From The Personal Life of David Livingstone by Blaikie, William Garden

These seem to have been the most recent immigrants from the south-east, and to exhibit certain affinities with the Barotse on the upper Zambezi.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

The Makololo are unable to swim, and, a canoe being upset, one of the party, an old doctor, was lost, while the Barotse canoe-men easily saved themselves by swimming.

From Great African Travellers From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley by Kingston, William Henry Giles