Ethnic group in Benin and Western Nigeria.
1He does me enough honour in sending out the pick of his goum, which is among the finest of the Sahara.
2The American soldiers called the Moroccan soldiers goums Tells about their fighting and living habits.
3It was a prized possession and he had bought it from a Goum for 1000 francs.
4He had a regular army of 8000 infantry and 2000 cavalry, without counting 50,000 goums (bodies of Arab horsemen) brought by the khalifas.