Tusi

noun Tu·si

variants: or less commonly Tussi \ˈtüsē, -si\ or Tutsi \ˈtüts-\

Definition of Tusi

plural Tusi or Tusis also Tussi or Tussis or Tutsi or Tutsis

: the ruling and cattle-owning class of the Rundi in Urundi in East Africa who presumably are cognate with the Hima people northward and whose extreme average height suggests an affinity with the Nilotes — called also Watusi

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