Marabout (noun)
ma-ra-boot
A Muslim holy man or hermit, especially in North Africa.
Early 17th century via French and Portuguese from Arabic murābiṭ ‘holy man’.
Example sentences
“The marabout passed the father words of wisdom.”
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