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Definition of Mahout
1. Noun. The driver and keeper of an elephant.
Definition of Mahout
1. n. The keeper and driver of an elephant.
Definition of Mahout
1. Noun. an elephant driver and keeper ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mahout
1. the keeper and driver of an elephant [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mahout
Literary usage of Mahout
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Mysteries of the Court of London by George William MacArthur Reynolds (1856)
"The mahout guided the elephant into the diverging road,—making signs to tho Barker
... They presently halted at a farmhouse, where the mahout displayed some ..."
2. Pagan Races of the Malay Peninsula by Walter William Skeat, Charles Otto Blagden (1906)
"... I picked up on the river bank near Jambu in Jering (one of the seven modern
subdivisions of Patani) a large wooden elephant (with mahout), ..."
3. Letters on Sport in Eastern Bengal by Frank B. Simson (1886)
"Each elephant requires two attendants, the mahout and his mate. A good mahout is
very hard indeed to get: the best I had stayed with me only for ..."
4. A Thousand Miles on an Elephant in the Shan States by Holt Samuel Hallett (1890)
"... DEER-HUNT—SKETCHING THE HILLS—VISIT TO BAN MEH HANG—OUT OF PROVISIONS—FEVER
AND DYSENTERY—mahout ATTACKED BY VICIOUS ELEPHANT—SPREADING CATTLE-DISEASE. ..."
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