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