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Watusi

American  
[wah-too-see] / wɑˈtu si /
Also Watutsi

noun

  • Watusis,
    plural
  • Watusi
    plural
  1. Tutsi.


Watusi British  
/ wəˈtuːzɪ, wəˈtʊtsɪ /

noun

  1. a member of a cattle-owning Negroid people of Rwanda and Burundi in Africa

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Jerry found footage of Watusi Indians doing a thing that we incorporated into “Snowball.”

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 21, 2024

A yellow metal cattle gate serves as the passenger side door — allowing for the Watusi bull to be tied up — and a set of longhorns serves as a hood ornament.

From Seattle Times Aug. 31, 2023

He took his African Watusi steer, Oliver, into the store.

From Fox News Mar. 21, 2019

Among the animals he trains to be herded are 10 buffalo, 50 longhorn Watusi cross, eight mules, 10 donkeys and one zebra.

From Washington Times Feb. 26, 2018

Uncle D. Always happy, singing, and still doing the Watusi when that dance had been long gone.

From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia

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