Usually means: Islamic scholar and spiritual leader.
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We found 22 dictionaries that define the word marabout:

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  1. marabout: Merriam-Webster
  2. marabout: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. marabout, marabout: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. marabout: Collins English Dictionary
  5. marabout: Vocabulary.com
  6. Marabout, marabout: Wordnik
  7. marabout: Wiktionary
  8. marabout: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. marabout: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Marabout, marabout: Dictionary.com
  11. Marabout: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Marabout: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. marabout: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. marabout: Rhymezone
  15. Marabout: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. marabout: FreeDictionary.org
  17. marabout: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  18. marabout: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. marabout: TheFreeDictionary.com
  20. Marabout: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. marabout: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Encyclopedia of the Orient (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (marabout)

noun:  (Islam) A Muslim holy man or mystic, especially in parts of North Africa.
noun:  The tomb or shrine of such a person.
noun:  Alternative form of marabou (“thin fabric made from silk”) [Leptoptilos crumeniferus, a large wading bird native to Africa, with a naked head and neck adapted for scavenging.]

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