Watusi

[ wah-too-see ]

noun

, plural Wa·tu·sis, (especially collectively) Wa·tu·si.

1. Tutsi.

Watusi

/ wəˈtʊtsɪ; wəˈtuːzɪ /

noun

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

Example Sentences

Sinatra was enraged at the thought of his soon to be ex-wife “doing the watusi” with his black servant.

From The Daily Beast

Of course there were still some of the older generation left; Kikiyu and even a few Watusi.

From Project Gutenberg

When two people of these tribes meet, the former presses his hands together, the Watusi uttering a few words in a low voice.

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The Watusi are the descendants of a great wave of Galla invasion that reached even to Tanganyika.

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Pumpkins and sweet potatoes are also common; and the Watusi own and tend enormous herds of cattle, goats and sheep.

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The Watusi women wore necklaces of copper bells, and to their ankles were attached circlets of small iron bells.

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