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Hottentots Definition


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Hottentot
noun Hottentots, Hottentot
    1. A member of a pale-brown-skinned nomad people of SW Africa, now almost extinct.
    2. The language spoken by this race of people.
Etymology: 17c: Afrikaans.



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