'Khoisan' definitions:
Definition of 'Khoisan'
(from WordNet)
noun
A family of languages spoken in southern Africa [syn: Khoisan, Khoisan language]
Definition of 'Khoisan'
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]