Marabout

/ˈmaɹəbuːt/

Synonyms for "marabout" (15 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (3)

Strong matches (5)

Noun(1 words)
leptoptilus crumeniferus

Related words (7)

Noun(2 words)
maraboumarabou stork

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

1 relation types

More general

1 entries

Sample sentences

4 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Kabyle weaving, Marabout reputation.

Source: tatoeba (12679828)

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’.

Source: wiktionary

Climbing one on his second day lost, Prosperi spotted a disturbance to the view. “I was convinced it was somebody’s home or a holy man’s shrine.” But the shrine, or marabout, was empty. The only holy man was in a sarcophagus.

Source: wiktionary

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.

Source: wiktionary

More for "marabout"