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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

Sosie did a wild Watusi in the sand while Jennifer stood next to her pointing one finger up and down in a deadpan disco.

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray

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