Hottentot
Noun
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Noun
Hottentot (plural Hottentots)
- (archaic, now, offensive) A member of the Khoekhoe group of peoples.
- 1798-1801, Lady Ann Barnard, Letters and Journals
- I was told that the Hottentots were uncommonly ugly and disgusting, but I do not think them so bad. Their features are small and their cheekbones immense, but they have a kind expression and countenance.
- 1798-1801, Lady Ann Barnard, Letters and Journals
- Any of several fish of the genus Pachymetopon, in the family Sparidae.
- German: Hottentotte, Hottentottin
- Italian: ottentotto, ottentotta
- Russian: готтенто́т
- Spanish: hotentote
- The language of the Khoekhoe, remarkable for its clicks.
- 1913, George Bernard Shaw, Pygmalion_(play)
- "I have tried her with every sort of sound that a human being can make...Hottentot clicks, things it took me years to get hold of."
- 1913, George Bernard Shaw, Pygmalion_(play)
- German: Hottentottisch, hottentottische Sprache
- Italian: ottentotto
- Spanish: hotentote
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