hottentot in English
noun
1
used to refer to Khoikhoi peoples.
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1. The title “Absolutions In the Hottentot Supercluster” begs a breakdown
2. Wahlworts with only three letters occasionally appeared in the code, such as ABC or XXX, but also very long compounds, such as Donaudampfschiffahrtsgesellschaftskapitän (Danube steamboating association captain) or Hottentottenpotentatentantenattentäter (Hottentot potentate aunt assassin ).
3. To call someone a 'Hottentot' because they were ill-mannered or dirty or ignorant or Atheistical was, implicitly, to acknowledge that inhabitants of England, France or Germany could act very like the natives of the Cape