Tutsi

[ toot-see ]

/ ˈtut si /

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noun, plural Tut·sis, (especially collectively) Tut·si.

a member of a very tall, slender, cattle-raising people of Rwanda and Burundi.

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Also Tusi, Tussi.

Also called Watusi, Watutsi.

Words nearby Tutsi

tutoress, tutorial, tutorial system, tutoyer, tutsan, Tutsi, tutti, tutti-frutti, tutto, tut-tut, tutty

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How to use Tutsi in a sentence

This was in the wake of the genocidal Hutu-Tutsi war in neighboring Rwanda.
Catholic Nuns Aiding Africa's Battered Wives Are Raped and Murdered|Barbie Latza Nadeau|September 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
More recently, Hutus began macheteing their Tutsi neighbors one day after the president of Rwanda was killed.
You, Too, Could Be a Homicidal Zealot|Joel Gold|July 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The 1994 Rwandan government attempted to eliminate en masse the Tutsi population.
Still a Problem From Hell, Two Decades After Rwanda|John Prendergast|April 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Exactly 20 years ago, the sitting government in Rwanda commenced a genocide against minority Tutsi and moderate Hutu populations.
Still a Problem From Hell, Two Decades After Rwanda|John Prendergast|April 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Pursued for being a Tutsi, she took refuge with three different families, who hid her in the capital of Kigali.
Two Decades After Genocide, Rwanda’s Women Have Made the Nation Thrive|Nina Strochlic|April 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for Tutsi

Tutsi

/ (ˈtuːtsɪ) /

noun plural -si or -sis

a member of a people of Rwanda and Burundi, probably a Nilotic people

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