Magot vs Cagot - What's the difference?
magot | cagot |
(archaic) The Barbary ape.
* 1800 , The Lady's Magazine Or Entertaining Companion for the Fair Sex (volume 31, page 16)
As nouns the difference between magot and cagot
is that magot is the Barbary ape while cagot is a member of a persecuted minority in south-western France.magot
English
Noun
(en noun)- 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.