Tutsi
noun
a member of a very tall, slender, cattle-raising people of Rwanda and Burundi.
Tutsis
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pluralof Tutsi.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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In the wake of the 1994 genocide, Alison Des Forges, then a senior adviser to Human Rights Watch, pointed to genocide inversion as a central means of justifying the genocide against the Tutsis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
While denying offering the M23 military backing, Rwanda insists that it faces an existential threat from the presence in the eastern DRC of armed groups linked to the 1994 Rwandan genocide of the Tutsis.
From Barron's ● Mar. 11, 2026
Mainly led by ethnic Tutsis, it controls large parts of eastern DR Congo - and since January has taken control of Goma, the city of Bukavu and two airports.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2025
The fighters are led by ethnic Tutsis who say they took up arms to protect the rights of the minority group - and because the Congolese authorities reneged on an earlier peace deal.
From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2025
Tutsis, Hutus and other ethnic groups lived in the Rwandan kingdom and had done so since at least the 19th Century.
From BBC ● Feb. 21, 2025
