marabout

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˈmaɹəbuːt/

Noun

marabout (plural marabouts)

1. A Muslim holy man or mystic, especially in parts of North Africa. [from 17th c.]
   • 1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York Review Books 2006, p. 38:

     one of their principal targets was the marabouts – or holy men and leaders of mystic orders – whom they accused both of corrupting the faith by their espousal of mysticism and of being the ‘domestic animals of colonialism’.

2. The tomb or shrine of such a person. [from 19th c.]

Translations

• Italian: marabutto
• Portuguese: marabuto
• Russian: мурабит

Translations

• Italian: marabutto
• Portuguese: marabuto

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