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- noun Caribbean A person
dressed up as adevil -like character, in Caribbeancarnivals , who carries awhip in hand that is used to hit other devils with. - noun Caribbean The
devil as represented in acostume
Etymologies
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From a patois dialect, originally from French diable ("devil")
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