Masai, a warlike tribe in Africa, between the coast of Zanzibar and Victoria Nyanza, of the race of the Gallas, men of powerful physique, though far from prepossessing in appearance; when their warlike spirit and prowess are spent they settle down to cattle-breeding.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Masaccio * Masaniello