Hottentot

Synonyms for "hottentot" (10 found)

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Closest matches (2)

Noun(2 words)
khoikhoikhoikhoi language

Strong matches (3)

Noun(2 words)
derogatory termhottentot language

Related words (5)

Noun(4 words)
khoikhoinkhoikhoin languagekhoisanslur

Related word relations

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More general

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KhoisanKhoisan languagecultural descriptorethnic descriptorethnic grouplanguageracial term

More specific

4 entries
Hottentot cultureHottentot languageKhoekhoe dialectsderogatory epithet

Collocations

10 entries
Hottentot artifactsHottentot cultureHottentot ethnographyHottentot languageHottentot nameHottentot peopleHottentot termHottentot traditionsderogatory labelracial slur

Inflections

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Hottentotsmore hottentotmost hottentot

Derivations

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Sample sentences

7 total sentences available.

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1798-1801, Lady Ann Barnard, Letters and Journals I was told that the Hottentots were uncommonly ugly and disgusting, but I do not think them so bad. Their features are small and their cheekbones immense, but they have a kind expression and countenance.

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They were called "Bushmen" because they led a nomadic life based on hunting and gathering in bushveld. The first written appearance of the Khoisan people, represented by the Bushmen and the Hottentots, dates back to the tenth century.

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The Hottentots (Khoisan peoples) once an independent nation but whose simple tribal system had disintegrated rapidly as they were relentlessly displaced from their traditional grazing grounds and driven deep into the still uninhabited interior […]

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The Hottentots (Khoisan) of either sex, young and old, who were in the boor's service, always choose to sleep in the fireplace.

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