Basuto
Americannoun
plural
Basutos,plural
Basutonoun
Example Sentences
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However, when Boers attacked Basuto settlements, Moshoeshoe went to war.
From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022
Munro went on to learn German in Stuttgart, studied a business course in London and served as a cavalryman in the Basuto War in southern Africa.
From BBC • Mar. 18, 2019
This training aircraft is named Basuto after a Spitfire donated by Lesotho The biggest problem has been getting people to engage with the issue.
From BBC • Oct. 4, 2013
Although I didn't realise it at the time, each story is retold in a style that's in keeping with its source country, whether it's Sudanese, Polynesian, Japanese or Basuto.
From The Guardian • Mar. 4, 2011
I had noticed, when we first encountered Mapana’s tribesmen at the foot of the mountains, that much of their speech resembled the Sechuana and Basuto tongues, with which I am well acquainted.
From Tales of South Africa by Bryden, H.A.
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