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marabout

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8 lettersPronunciation /ˈmaɹəbuːt/Part of speech nounSorted aabmortuStarts with MEnds with T0 clues
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Definitions

  1. A large African stork, or a Muslim holy person in parts of Africa.

Word origin

From French marabout, from Portuguese maraboto, marabuto, from Moroccan Arabic مْرَابِط (mrabeṭ) (standard Arabic مُرَابِط (murābiṭ, “soldier stationed in fortified outpost”)).

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  • Wherever she went she had, if not the finest, at any rate the most showy gown in the room; her ornaments were the biggest; her hats, toques, berets, marabouts, and other fallals, always the most conspicuous.

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