Usually means: West African storyteller, musician, historian.
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  1. griot: Merriam-Webster
  2. griot: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. griot: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. griot: Collins English Dictionary
  5. griot: Vocabulary.com
  6. Griot, griot: Wordnik
  7. griot: Wiktionary
  8. griot: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. griot: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. griot: Dictionary.com
  11. Griot (food), Griot (rapper), Griot: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. griot: Rhymezone
  13. griot: FreeDictionary.org
  14. griot: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. griot: TheFreeDictionary.com
  16. griot: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. griot: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. griot: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See griots as well.)

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noun:  A West African storyteller who passes on oral traditions; a wandering musician and poet.
noun:  (cooking) A Haitian dish of fried pork.

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