Definition of Maasai
Maasai
orMaasais
orMasai
orMasais
1 : a member of a pastoral and hunting people of Kenya and Tanzania
2 : the Nilotic language of the Maasai people
Read the Latest from M-W
Origin and Etymology of maasai
Maasai il-máásáì, a self-designation
First Known Use: 1857
Seen and Heard
What made you want to look up Maasai? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible).
Writing? Check your grammar now!