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Meaning of HOTTENTOT

Pronunciation:  'hâtn`tât

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  any of the Khoisan languages spoken by the pastoral people of Namibia and South Africa
 
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 Synonyms: Khoikhoi, Khoikhoin
 
 See Also: Khoisan, Khoisan language

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Hot"ten*tot\, n. [D. Hottentot; -- so called from hot
and tot, two syllables of frequent occurrence in their
language. --Wedgwood.]
1. (Ethnol.) One of a degraded
 

 

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