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griot

Pronunciation: /ˈgriːəʊ/

Definition of griot

noun

  • a member of a class of travelling poets, musicians, and storytellers who maintain a tradition of oral history in parts of West Africa.

Origin:

French, earlier guiriot, perhaps from Portuguese criado

griot in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of griot in the US English dictionary