marabout Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun large African black-and-white carrion-eating stork; its downy underwing feathers are used to trim garments
    marabou stork; Leptoptilus crumeniferus; marabou.

WordNet

Marabout" noun
Etymology
F., from Pg. marabuto, Ar. morabit. Cf. Maravedi.
Definitions
  1. A Mohammedan saint; especially, one who claims to work cures supernaturally.

Webster 1913