MARABOUT


Meaning of MARABOUT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈma-rə-bü ]

noun

Usage: often capitalized

Etymology: French, from Portuguese marabuto, from Arabic murābiṭ

Date: 1600

: a dervish in Muslim Africa believed to have supernatural power

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