Basuto

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noun

A member of the Basotho people.

Scrabble 8

Meanings

nounBasuto (plural Basutos or Basuto)

plural Basutos · alternative Basutho · alternative Basotho · alternative Basoto

  1. A member of the Basotho people.

    Synonyms: Mosotho, Mosoto, Mosutho

noun

alternative Basutho · alternative Basotho · alternative Basoto

  1. alternativeAlternative form of Basotho.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA member of the Basotho people.

More synonyms by meaning

nounany of the mutually intelligible southern Bantu languages of the Sotho in Botswana and South Africa and Lesotho

Similar
SothoSotho languageSesotho
Broader
BantuBantoid language

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. SothoBasotho
  2. EnglishBasuto

From Sotho Basotho.

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APA

Basuto. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Basuto

MLA

“Basuto.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Basuto. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Basuto,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Basuto.

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