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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Hottentot \Hot"ten*tot\, noun [D. Hottentot; -- so called from hot and tot, two syllables of frequent occurrence in their language. --Wedgwood.]
1. (Ethnol.) One of a degraded
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}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
Hottentot
noun: any of the Khoisan languages spoken by the pastoral people of Namibia and South Africa [syn: {Khoikhoin}, {Khoikhoi}]
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