Hottentot

Hot·ten·tot

H0293700 (hŏt′n-tŏt′)n. pl. Hottentot or Hot·ten·tots Offensive 1. A Khoikhoi person.2. Any of the Khoisan languages of the Khoikhoi.

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[Afrikaans.]

Hottentot

(ˈhɒtənˌtɒt) npl -tot or -tots1. (Peoples) a former name for Khoikhoi¹2. (Languages) any of the languages of this people, belonging to the Khoisan family[C17: from Afrikaans, of uncertain origin]Usage: When referring to the people the accepted word nowadays is Khoikhoi. Hottentot is still used in some animal and plant names

Khoi•khoi

(ˈkɔɪˌkɔɪ)

n., pl. -khois, (esp. collectively) -khoi. 1. a member of any of a group of pastoral peoples, physically and linguistically akin to the San, who inhabited present-day Cape Province, South Africa, in the 17th century. 2. the Khoisan language or languages of the Khoikhoi, now principally represented by the speech of the Nama.

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Hottentot - any of the Khoisan languages spoken by the pastoral people of Namibia and South AfricaKhoikhoi, KhoikhoinKhoisan, Khoisan language - a family of languages spoken in southern Africa

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