Associations to the word «Griot»

Wiktionary

GRIOT, noun. A West African storyteller who passes on oral traditions; a wandering musician and poet.
GRIOT, noun. A Haitian dish of fried pork.

Dictionary definition

GRIOT, noun. A storyteller in West Africa; perpetuates the oral traditions of a family or village.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope