GRIOT


Meaning of GRIOT in English

/gree oh", gree"oh, gree"ot/ , n.

a member of a hereditary caste among the peoples of western Africa whose function is to keep an oral history of the tribe or village and to entertain with stories, poems, songs, dances, etc.

[ 1955-60; guiriot, perh. ult.

criado domestic servant, altered in W African coastal creoles ]

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