Tutsi

[ toot-see ]

/ ˈtut si /

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

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

Also Tusi, Tussi.

Also called Watusi, Watutsi.

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Examples from the Web for tutsi

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

The memorial bones are Tutsi bones, yet those who look upon them are summoned to face the future as one nation.
Exchanging Stories of Trauma|Mark Baker|August 19, 2013|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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