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macoutes

macoutes is the plural of macoute.

Meaning of macoute

Noun

macoute (plural macoutes)

  1. (obsolete) An abstract measure of value, said to be used by various peoples of Africa.
    • The second example is found among the savages upon the African coast of Angola, where there is no real money known. The inhabitants there reckon by macoutes; and in some places this denomination is subdivided into decimals, called pieces. One macoute is equal to ten pieces. This is just a scale of...1796, James Steuart, An Inquiry Into the Principles of Political Economy

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Noun capitalized: Macoutes

Macoutes

  1. (plural) plural of Macoute

Questions about macoutes

What is macoutes the plural of?
Macoutes is the plural of macoute.
What part of speech is macoutes?
Macoutes is a noun.

Words near macoutes in the dictionary

  1. Macorna North
  2. MACOS
  3. macotious
  4. Macoupin County
  5. macoute
  6. macoutes
  7. macoya
  8. macoyas
  9. macpalxochitl
  10. MacPhail
  11. Macphee

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