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Word entry · 5 letters

griot

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"West African storyteller"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /ˈɡɹi.oʊ/Part of speech nounSorted giortStarts with GEnds with T1 clues
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Definitions

  1. A West African storyteller, historian, or musician.

Word origin

Borrowed from French griot.

Used in a sentence

  • Yet the critics of writing weren’t entirely wrong. In oral cultures, bards carried epics in their heads; griots could reel off centuries of genealogy on demand.

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