Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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

Source : WordNet®

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