MAGOT


Meaning of MAGOT in English

məˈgō, maˈ-, mäˈ- noun

( -s )

Etymology: French, from Middle French, from magog, magot deformed creature, from Magog, a nation represented in the NT as one that will be deceived by Satan (Rev 20:8), from Magog, described in the OT as a land from which the people under their king Gog wished to set forth to destroy Jerusalem (Ezek 38 & 39)

1. : barbary ape

2. : a small grotesque figure of Chinese or Japanese style or workmanship

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