Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A member of a Bantu-speaking people inhabiting Rwanda and Burundi.
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- proper noun An ethnic group in
Rwanda andBurundi . - proper noun A member of the group.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a member of a Bantu speaking people living in Rwanda and Burundi
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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During Apartheid, blacks and coloreds were spat on and killed like excess garbage, and in the Rwandan genocide, the Hutus called the Tutsi "cockroaches" and stomped them out like little more.
Sean Carasso: Dare to Dream - Rally To Rescue Child-soldiers Saturday 2009
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Its ideologues argue that the Hutu-Tutsi divide was a creation of Rwanda's old colonial masters, the Belgians, and that a Tutsi is simply a Hutu whose ancestors owned cows.
"Hotel Rwanda" Steve Sailer 2005
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During Apartheid, blacks and coloreds were spat on and killed like excess garbage, and in the Rwandan genocide, the Hutus called the Tutsi "cockroaches" and stomped them out like little more.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Sean Carasso 2009
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The government consistently denies all charges of favoritism, pointing to its ban five years ago of the use of the terms Tutsi or Hutu as evidence of the ethnicity-blind society it says it is working hard to foster.
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The government consistently denies all charges of favoritism, pointing to its ban five years ago of the use of the terms Tutsi or Hutu as evidence of the ethnicity-blind society it says it is working hard to foster.
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The government consistently denies all charges of favoritism, pointing to its ban five years ago of the use of the terms Tutsi or Hutu as evidence of the ethnicity-blind society it says it is working hard to foster.
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The government consistently denies all charges of favoritism, pointing to its ban five years ago of the use of the terms Tutsi or Hutu as evidence of the ethnicity-blind society it says it is working hard to foster.
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In the interview, Nkunda never mentioned the word Tutsi, saying his mission is to protect the Congolese people.
Freep.com - RSS 2008
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Following a two-day plenary session, during which Mandela raised some hackles with his call for an end to what he called the Tutsi monopoly on power in Hutu-majority Burundi, talks are due to continue for a further 10 to 14 days.
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I did have the idea that -- that -- that traditional view -- that there was -- because there were these two groups called Tutsi and Hutu, and because some had killed some, there must be two sides to this story.
We wish to inform you that tomorrow we will be killed with our families: Stories from Rwanda 1998
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