'Hottentot' definitions:

Definition of 'Hottentot'

noun

Any of the Khoisan languages spoken by the pastoral people of Namibia and South Africa [syn: Khoikhoin, Khoikhoi, Hottentot]

From: GCIDE

Hottentot \Hot"ten*tot\, n. [D. Hottentot; -- so called from hot and tot, two syllables of frequent occurrence in their language. --Wedgwood.]
1. (Ethnol.) One of a degraded [1913 Webster]
2. The language of the Hottentots, which is remarkable for its clicking sounds; the Khoisan language. [1913 Webster +PJC]
Hottentot cherry (Bot.), a South African plant of the genus Cassine (Cassine maurocenia), having handsome foliage, with generally inconspicuous white or green flowers. --Loudon.
Hottentot's bread. (Bot.) See Elephant's foot (a), under Elephant. [1913 Webster]