griot
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griot¹
- /ˈɡɹi.oʊ/
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French griot.
noun griots
- A West African storyteller who passes on oral traditions; a wandering musician and poet. Griots may be the chroniclers of an important family or of a group of people — like the Bambara hunters’ griot — or itinerant poets and musicians who extol the praises of the person who has hired them for a special festivity.
griot²
- /ˈɡɹi.oʊ/
Where it comes from
French griot
noun griots
- A Haitian dish of fried pork.
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Talk about this word "griot." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/griot. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. griot. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/griot "griot." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/griot.
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@misc{griot_2026,
title = {griot},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/griot},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
