basuto
NounOpen English WordNet
Noun (1)basutos
- any of the mutually intelligible southern Bantu languages of the Sotho in Botswana and South Africa and LesothoSynonyms: SothoSotho languageSesothoType of Bantu, Bantoid languageKinds Tswana, Setswana
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
“basuto” is listed under Basutos.
Ba·su′tos plural noun; sing. Basuto (…).
Ethnol. A warlike South African people of the Bantu stock, divided into many tribes, at one time subjected by the English. They formerly practiced cannibalism, but have now adopted many European customs.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54