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Webster 1913 Edition


Magot

Mag′ot

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Noun.
[F.]
(Zool.)
The Barbary ape.

Definition 2024


magot

magot

English

Noun

magot (plural magots)

  1. (archaic) The Barbary ape.
    • 1800, The Lady's Magazine Or Entertaining Companion for the Fair Sex (volume 31, page 16)
      The magot differs from the ape by having a long muzzle and large canine teeth; and from the baboon by having no actual tail; though it has an exuberance of skin which bears that appearance.


French

Etymology

Unknown/uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maɡo/

Noun

magot m (plural magots)

  1. (colloquial) pile (of money), hoard
  2. a commercial agent

Norman

Noun

magot m (plural magots)

  1. (Jersey) maggot

Volapük

Noun

magot (plural magots)

  1. statue

Declension