Library / English Dictionary

TUTU

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Very short skirt worn by ballerinas

Synonyms:

ballet skirt; tutu

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("tutu" is a kind of...):

skirt (a garment hanging from the waist; worn mainly by girls and women)

Sense 2

Meaning:

South African prelate and leader of the antiapartheid struggle (born in 1931)

Synonyms:

Desmond Tutu; Tutu

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

archpriest; hierarch; high priest; prelate; primate (a senior clergyman and dignitary)

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