English Explanatory Dictionary

Macoute

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A member of the Tonton Macoutes in Haiti; by extension, a thug or criminal.
noun
  1. An abstract measure of value, said to be used by various peoples of Africa.

Word forms

Macoute Macoutes

Etymology

Short for Tonton Macoute.

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on M Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary