Barotse
noun
(pl) -se, -ses. a member of a negroid people of central africa living chiefly in sw zambia
the language spoken by this people; lozi
historical examples
one day we p-ssed some barotse lads who had speared an alligator, and were waiting in expectation of its floating soon after.
missionary travels and researches in south africa david livingstone
the barotse, being a tribe of boatmen, managed their canoes admirably.
great african travellers w.h.g. kingston
the barotse valley contains great numbers of large black geese.
missionary travels and researches in south africa david livingstone
the native of capetown is not like the zulu, nor the barotse.
seven legs across the seas samuel murray
he had ascended the barotse valley, but was pursued by the matebele, as mosilikatse never could forgive his former defeats.
missionary travels and researches in south africa david livingstone
the ceremonies among the barotse or marotse are somewhat more elaborate for a girl of the royal family.
balder the beautiful, vol. i. sir james george frazer
those who said this were young barotse who had been drilled to fighting by sebituane, and used shields of ox-hide.
missionary travels and researches in south africa david livingstone
there were headaches and heartaches among those barotse tribes to whom fred arnot went!
a handful of stars frank w. boreham
but the lands both east and west of the barotse valley are free from this insect plague.
missionary travels and researches in south africa david livingstone
the authorities at barotse, the globe tells us, have put a price on the heads of all lions there.
punch, or the london charivari, vol. 146, february 25, 1914 various
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