marabout

[ mar-uh-boot, -boo ]

noun
  1. Islam.

    • a hermit or holy man, especially in N Africa, often wielding political power and credited with supernatural powers.

    • the tomb or shrine of such a man.

Origin of marabout

1
1615–25; <French <Portuguese marabuto<Arabic murābit;see Almoravid, maravedi

Other words from marabout

  • mar·a·bout·ism, noun

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marabout

/ (ˈmærəˌbuː) /


noun
  1. a Muslim holy man or hermit of North Africa

  2. a shrine of the grave of a marabout

Origin of marabout

1
C17: via French and Portuguese marabuto, from Arabic murābit

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