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Marabout

🇲🇱 Mali Slang
Added Apr 06, 2026 · 1 definition
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Marabout definition 1

Karamɔgɔ, mɔri, duakɛla (Teacher, Islamic cleric, prayer person)

"Marabout ye dua kɛ an ka denbaya ye. (The marabout prayed for our family.)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Apr 06, 2026

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🇲🇱 Mali
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April 2026

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Marabout 🇧🇯 Benin

Guide spirituel musulman (Muslim spiritual guide)

"Marabout ɖɔ gbɛdodo (Le marabout fait des prières/The marabout prays)"
Marabout 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso

Marabout (Traditional healer/holy man)

"Le marabout l'a aidé! (The marabout helped him!)"

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This word is also used in 2 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

Marabout 🇧🇯 Benin

Marabout (Traditional healer/holy man)
Marabout 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso

Marabout (Traditional healer/holy man)

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