Definition of Marabouts

1. Noun. (plural of marabout) ¹

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Definition of Marabouts

1. marabout [n] - See also: marabout

Lexicographical Neighbors of Marabouts

maquiladora
maquiladoras
maquilas
maquillage
maquillages
maquis
mar
mara
marabaraba
marabi
marabou
marabou stork
marabous
marabout
maraboutic
marabouts (current term)
marabunta
marabuntas
maraca
maracan
maracas
maracatu
maracock
maracocks
marae
maraes
maraging
maragings
marah
marahs

Literary usage of Marabouts

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"... notion of using violent means to produce physiological effects which bring on intoxication to the point of unconsciousness. RINN, marabouts et ..."

2. &c by Emmeline Stuart-Wortley (1853)
"CHAPTER V. ARABESQUES AND marabouts, <tc. dc. IN these locomotive days, when " all the world and the rest of mankind " are ..."

3. Tunis, Kairouan & Carthage: Described and Illustrated with Forty-eight Paintings by Graham Petrie (1908)
"Nearly opposite the Cafe des marabouts is the shop owned by Monsieur Babouche, one of the largest and most important in the souks, where all kinds of ..."

4. Catalogue of Books Relating to Architecture: Construction and Decoration in by Boston Public Library, Mary Harris Rollins, Frank A. Bourne (1914)
"... Tunis, par L. Frank. Paris. 1850. Plates. [L'univers.] »2266.3 Nugent, Hon. Emma EG A land of mosques and marabouts. London. 1804. Plates. ..."

5. Travels Through Central Africa to Timbuctoo: And Across the Great Desert, to by René Caillié (1830)
"Quarrel excited by a woman.—Manner of protecting oneself from cold in the tents.—Method of collecting gum.—Marriages of the marabouts, and of the ..."

6. The Country of the Moors: A Journey from Tripoli in Barbary to the City of by Edward Rae (1877)
"... City—Its Former Size—The Bazaars—Slippers—marabouts:—The Mosques— Tombs of the Saints—Curiosity—An Aspiration—The Suburbs— Djemma '1 ..."

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