Meanings
plural Tutsis
- A member of an ethnic group in Rwanda and Burundi
Coordinate term: Hutu
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Over the course of 100 days in 1994, an estimated 800,000 ethnic Tutsis and politically moderate Hutus people were killed in Rwanda by Hutu extremists. They were targeting members of the minority Tutsi community, as well as their political opponents, irrespective of their ethnic origin.
2026 September 21, Matt Spivey, Daniel Sandford, “First UK charges brought over 1994 Rwanda genocide”, in BBC News, archived from the original on 22 Sep 2026
comparative more Tutsi · superlative most Tutsi
- Pertaining to the Tutsi ethnic group.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Rwanda-RundiUmutūtsi
- Rwanda-RundiUmutūtsi
- EnglishTutsi
Borrowed from Rwanda-Rundi Umutūtsi.
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Chinese Mandarin 圖西人 /图西人, 圖西族 /图西族
- 圖西人 /图西人 (túxīrén)member of an ethnic group in Rwanda and Burundi
- 圖西族 /图西族 (túxīzú)member of an ethnic group in Rwanda and Burundi
French Tutsi
- Tutsimember of an ethnic group in Rwanda and Burundi
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Cite this entry
Tutsi. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tutsi
“Tutsi.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tutsi. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Tutsi,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tutsi.
Source: Tutsi on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.