marabout

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But the marabout was away, and no one ever came out on his roof when he was absent She opened the folded bit of white paper, which was little more than two inches square, and was covered on one side with writing almost microscopically small.

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  1. noun A Muslim hermit or saint, especially in northern Africa.
  2. noun The tomb of such a hermit or saint.
  3. noun Variant of marabou.

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  1. French, from Portuguese marabuto, from Arabic murābiṭ, posted, stationed, marabout, participle of rābaṭa, to be posted, derived stem of rabaṭa, to bind, tie; see rbṭ in Semitic roots.
 

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