tutsi
/ˈtʊtsi/
adjective
- Relating to the Tutsi people or their culture.
- The museum has a collection of Tutsi artifacts.
- Tutsi traditions include elaborate poetry and dance.
- She studies Tutsi history at the university.
noun
- A member of a people traditionally living in Rwanda and Burundi, often historically associated with cattle herding and a social hierarchy.
- My grandmother was a Tutsi who fled Rwanda during the 1994 genocide.
- The Tutsi have a long history in the Great Lakes region of Africa.
- Many Tutsi and Hutu now live together peacefully in modern Rwanda.