Tonton Macoute

 
Pronunciation: /ˌtɒntɒn məˈkuːt/

noun (plural Tontons Macoutes pronunc. )

  • a member of a notoriously brutal militia formed by President François Duvalier of Haiti, active from 1961 to 1986.

Origin:

Haitian French, apparently with reference to an ogre of folk tales