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Tonton Macoute /ˌtɒntɒn məˈkuːt /noun (plural Tontons Macoutes pronounced same)A member of a notoriously brutal militia formed by president François Duvalier of Haiti, active from 1961 to 1986.And sure enough, last week both soldiers and Tonton Macoute were indeed less visible in Port-au-Prince....- Franck Romain, mayor of Port-au-Prince, a leader of the Tontons Macoutes was accused of directing the attack.
- The funeral singer's father was arrested by the Tonton Macoute.
OriginHaitian French, apparently with reference to an ogre of folk tales. Rhymesacute, argute, astute, beaut, Beirut, boot, bruit, brut, brute, Bute, butte, Canute, cheroot, chute, commute, compute, confute, coot, cute, depute, dilute, dispute, flute, galoot, hoot, impute, jute, loot, lute, minute, moot, newt, outshoot, permute, pollute, pursuit, recruit, refute, repute, route, salute, Salyut, scoot, shoot, Shute, sloot, snoot, subacute, suit, telecommute, toot, transmute, undershoot, uproot, Ute, volute |