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Tut⋅si

[toot-see]
–noun, plural -sis, (especially collectively) -si.
a member of a very tall, slender, cattle-raising people of Rwanda and Burundi.
Also, Tusi, Tussi.
Also called Watusi, Watutsi.
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Tut·si   (tōōt'sē)   
n.   pl. Tutsi or Tut·sis also Watutsi or Wa·tut·sis or Watusi or Wa·tu·sis
A member of a Bantu-speaking people inhabiting Rwanda and Burundi.

[Kinyarwanda.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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