hottentot

Definition of Hottentot in English :

1. hottentot, khoikhoi, khoikhoin

any of the Khoisan languages spoken by the pastoral people of Namibia and South Africa

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Hottentot

noun offensive

1. plural -tot or -tots a former name for Khoikhoi (sense 1)

2.

any of the languages of this people, belonging to the Khoisan family

noun

1.

a member of a nomadic pastoral people of SW Africa

2.

the Khoisan language of this people

adjective

3.

of the Hottentots or their language or culture

n. pl. Hottentot or Hot·ten·tots
Offensive

1. A Khoikhoi person.

2. Any of the Khoisan languages of the Khoikhoi.