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noun
A member of the Yoruba people who performs a masquerade as an ancestor.
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History
From Yoruba Eégún, a reduced form of Yoruba Egúngún (“ancestors”), with the difference between singular and plural being due to a misinterpretation of the Yoruba forms.
