Hutu
noun
a member of a Bantu farming people of Rwanda and Burundi, in central Africa.
Hutus
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pluralof Hutu.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Ms Ingabire, a member of the Hutu ethnic group, had got into trouble for questioning why Rwanda's official memorial to the 1994 genocide did not include any Hutus.
From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2024
Kagame has won international acclaim for presiding over peace and economic growth since the end of the 1994 genocide, in which an estimated 800,000 ethnic Tutsis and moderate Hutus were killed.
From Reuters ● Sep. 20, 2023
Rusesabagina was credited with sheltering more than 1,000 ethnic Tutsis at the hotel he managed during Rwanda’s 1994 genocide in which over 800,000 Tutsi and Hutus who tried to protect them were killed.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 24, 2023
Rusesabagina was credited with sheltering ethnic Tutsis at the hotel he managed during Rwanda’s 1994 genocide in which more than 800,000 Tutsi and Hutus who tried to protect them were killed.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 24, 2023
Background: In 1959, three years before independence from Belgium, the majority ethnic group, the Hutus, overthrew the ruling Tutsi king.
From The 2002 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
