Griot

/ˈɡɹi.oʊ/ noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A West African storyteller who passes on oral traditions; a wandering musician and poet.

    "Griots may be the chroniclers of an important family or of a group of people — like the Bambara hunters’ griot — or itinerant poets and musicians who extol the praises of the person who has hired them for a special festivity."

  2. 2
    A Haitian dish of fried pork. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    a storyteller in West Africa; perpetuates the oral traditions of a family or village wordnet

Synonyms

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cultural custodianoral historianpraise singerstoryteller

Example

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"Griots may be the chroniclers of an important family or of a group of people — like the Bambara hunters’ griot — or itinerant poets and musicians who extol the praises of the person who has hired them for a special festivity."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French griot.

Etymology 2

French griot

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