Watusi

See also: watusi

English

Noun

Watusi (plural Watusis or Watusi)

1. A member of a Bantu-speaking people living in Rwanda and Burundi; the Tutsi.
2. A cow of a modern American breed.
   • 1995, Marleen Felius, Cattle Breeds: An Encyclopedia, page 759:

     Watusis are recommended for crossing (with Longhorns) to obtain good roping cattle for the rodeo.

   • 2023 August 31, “US driver pulled over with huge African bull riding shotgun in car”, in The Guardian‎^[1], →ISSN:

     Converted vehicle stopped in Nebraska with gigantic-horned Watusi bovine called Howdy Doody as passenger[.]

3. Alternative form of watusi (“1960s dance”)

Derived terms

• Ankole-Watusi