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noun
A carnival performer in the Caribbean who walks or dances on stilts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Caribbean
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History
Possibly from Kongo moko (“curer, diviner”) or from Moko, the name of a person or group of people, with English jumbie, itself from Kongo zumbi (“fetish, spirit”).
