Definition of Shikar

1. Noun. (India) Hunting, sport; a hunting expedition. ¹

2. Noun. hunting guide (elsewhere besides India, e.g. Australia) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Shikar

1. to hunt [v -KARRED, -KARRING, -KARS] - See also: hunt

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shikar

shigella boydii
shigella dysenteriae
shigella flexneri
shigella sonnei
shigellae
shigellas
shigelloses
shigellosis
shigram
shigrams
shihon-bashira
shiitake
shiitake mushroom
shiitakes
shijo
shikar (current term)
shikaree
shikarees
shikari
shikaris
shikarred
shikarring
shikars
shikimate
shikimate dehydrogenase
shikimate kinase
shikimates
shikimic
shikimic acid
shikimic acid pathway

Literary usage of Shikar

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Indian Forester (1905)
"''The Indian Field" shikar Book. The above is the title of a small book just published by Mr. WS Burke, Editor and Proprietor of The Indian Field. ..."

2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1894)
"THIRTY YEARS OF shikar.—III. THAT old Calcutta ambition of mine to get farther afield — to penetrate into the mysterious Mofussil—was adequately realised in ..."

3. The Indian Forester (1905)
""The Indian Field" shikar Book. The above is the title of a small book just published by Mr. WS Burke, Editor and Proprietor of The 'Indian Field. ..."

4. The Civilian's South India: Some Places and People in Madras by " "Civilian (1921)
"What else can one say about a man who writes about camping in India and apparently likes it, and yet says nothing about shikar ? ..."

5. The Indian Forester (1884)
"7 feet 8 inches, | 12 feet 4 inches, Trees. about 40 feet. shikar INCIDENT. F. D'AV THE following shikar incident took place a few days ago near ..."

6. The Indian Forester (1900)
"shikar Tactics. , ABO. In writing these few short notes or suggestions on the subject of shikar Tactics, I do not wish the reader to imagine for a moment ..."

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