Basutos \Ba*su"tos\, n. pl.; sing. {Basuto}. (Ethnol.) A warlike South African people of the Bantu stock, divided into many tribes, subject to the English. They formerly practiced cannibalism, but have now adopted many European customs.
Basuto n : the dialect of Sotho spoken by the Basotho; an official language of Lesotho [syn: {Sesotho}]