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Hutu|ˈhuːtuː|
Also BaHutu, Bahutu.
[Bantu name. Ba is a plural prefix.]
The name of a Bantu people which forms the majority of the population of Rwanda and of Burundi; one of these people. Also attrib. or as adj.
1959Times 9 Nov. 8/6 The Bahutu were reported to be attacking houses and villages. 1964H. J. de Blij Geogr. Subsaharan Afr. xiv. 280/1 The BaHutu comprise perhaps 84 per cent of the total population of the combined countries, but they have been the serfs of the WaTusi. 1965Observer 17 Jan. 2/1 As a Hutu, the Prime Minister tried to discourage the extremist Tutsis who..try to overthrow the Hutu Government of Rwanda. 1973‘S. Harvester’ Corner of Playground ii. v. 109 Tutsi, known to Whitey as Watutsi, once overlords of Rwanda, whose ancestors..enslaved the Hutu people. |