Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Marabout \Marabout"\, n. [F., from Pg. marabuto, Ar. mor[=a]bit.
   Cf. {Maravedi}.]
   A Mohammedan saint; especially, one who claims to work cures
   supernaturally.

Source : WordNet®

marabout
     n : large African black-and-white carrion-eating stork; downy
         under-wing feathers are used to trim garments [syn: {marabou},
          {marabou stork}, {Leptoptilus crumeniferus}]