Crossword-Solution: GRIOT
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| Word | Anagrams | |
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| GRIOT | anagram | TRIGO |
We have 8 clues for the answer “GRIOT”
| Clue | Answers |
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| "Roots" historian | 1 answer |
| "Roots" storyteller | 1 answer |
| African storyteller | 1 answer |
| Preserver of West African oral tradition | 1 answer |
| Storyteller in West Africa | 1 answer |
| Tribal historian | 1 answer |
| Tribal historian in West Africa | 1 answer |
| West African storyteller | 1 answer |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
EERTA
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with GRIOT (5)
From the frequency of their demand, it would seem to be the worm that ever gnaws, and that their thirst is the fire which is never quenched." The Griot, as we have already mentioned, sings for money.
Every evening she paid a visit to Coura n’diaye, the woman griot, the ancient poetess of King El Hadj.
And then there would be a general murmur of admiration when the ancient griot stepped forward, decked with gold, her head held high, with a strange light rekindled in her dim eyes.
Where had she taken refuge when she left the house of the griot? In what lair had she hidden herself to bring the spahi’s child into the world? Now, at any rate, she was happy.
The friends invited to the feast then place each one his right hand on the calabash, while the griot, or medicine-man, pronounces blessings on the babe.
Quotes with GRIOT (1)
'Griot' is a French word which means, you know, really, literally, 'cry.' You know, like the town crier. You know, they come in and say, you know, 'It's nine o'clock; everything is cool.' You know, 'President Bush is a fool.' I mean, stuff like that just to tell you. But for the kind of, the African thing is called djali.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Crossroads, Newsday, New Yorker, Universal, USA TODAY.
Used 11 times in crossword archives (2002–2023).