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GRIOT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does griot mean?
• GRIOT (noun)
The noun GRIOT has 1 sense:
1. a storyteller in West Africa; perpetuates the oral traditions of a family or village
Familiarity information: GRIOT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A storyteller in West Africa; perpetuates the oral traditions of a family or village
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("griot" is a kind of...):
narrator; storyteller; teller (someone who tells a story)
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