Hutu
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- noun
- /ˈhuːtuː/
- Many Hutu families were displaced during the conflicts in the region but are now slowly rebuilding their lives.
- Hutu extremists
- Hutu victims in Rwanda
Examples
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The Habyarimana military regime did not reestablish democracy; it simply replaced the Hutu dictatorship from Gitarama with a Hutu dictatorship from the north.
Academic text (2006) -
The Hutu people have a rich cultural heritage that includes traditional music and dance.
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In its wake, the RPF left thousands of dead Hutu men, women, and children.
Academic text (2006) -
What would that nice Hutu girl think, the one who once bandaged my son's cut and smiles at me each time we meet on a path?
Fiction book (2000) -
The new ruling clique still had to justify its power to the large mass of Hutu peasants whose lives remained largely unchanged following the social revolution, however.
Academic text (1997) -
The RPF invasion, however, ignited fears among Hutu peasants that the Tutsi would reclaim their lands.
Academic text (1997) -
In Rwanda, the Hutu community actively participates in agriculture and local governance.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Hutu comes from local Bantu languages like Kinyarwanda and Kirundi, where it was the name for one of the main groups of people in Rwanda and Burundi. So, a Hutu is a person from that ethnic group.