Hottentot

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Hottentot
    n 1: any of the Khoisan languages spoken by the pastoral people
         of Namibia and South Africa [syn: {Khoikhoin}, {Khoikhoi},
         {Hottentot}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Hottentot \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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   2. The language of the Hottentots, which is remarkable for
      its clicking sounds; the {Khoisan} language.
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   {Hottentot cherry} (Bot.), a South African plant of the genus
      {Cassine} ({Cassine maurocenia}), having handsome foliage,
      with generally inconspicuous white or green flowers.
      --Loudon.

   {Hottentot's bread}. (Bot.) See {Elephant's foot}
      (a), under {Elephant}.
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