Definition of Shikarees

1. Noun. (plural of shikaree) ¹

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Definition of Shikarees

1. shikaree [n] - See also: shikaree

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shikarees

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

Literary usage of Shikarees

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

1. Hindu-Koh: Wanderings and Wild Sport on and Beyond the Himalayas by Donald Macintyre (1889)
"... and as shikarees they are unequalled. Indeed their aptitude for the former capacity is probably in a great measure due to their excellence in the latter ..."

2. Hindu-Koh: Wanderings and Wild Sport on and Beyond the Himalayas by Donald Macintyre (1889)
"... and as shikarees they are unequalled. Indeed their aptitude for the former capacity is probably in a great measure due to their excellence in the latter ..."

3. Letters Written in a Mahratta Camp During the Year 1809, Descriptive of the by Thomas Duer Broughton (1892)
"... moves out of camp— Muster of the cavalry taken—Offers of aid to the Muha Raj— shikarees—Productions of Mewar—The Ramzan—Eras observed by the Mahrattas— ..."

4. Sport in the Crimea and Caucasus by Clive Phillipps-Wolley (1881)
"Mountaineers and shikarees—Outfit—Journey from London to Odessa —Snipe-shooting on the Dnieper — A drunken ..."

5. The Rifle in Cashmere: A Narrative of Shooting Expeditions in Ladak by Arthur Brinckman (1862)
"... and Servants—Stalking Game—Walking on Mountains—Shooting and Stalking—shikarees. THE routes to Cashmere are so well known in ..."

6. The Wild Sports of India: With Detailed Instructions for the Sportsman; to by Henry Shakespear (1862)
"Hog.hunting—Courage of the Animal—A Hunt—Horses—Spears —Various Adventures—Instructions to young Sportsmen— shikarees. THE great variety of large game in ..."

7. Sport in Bengal: And How, When, and where to Seek it by Edward B. Baker (1887)
"I have often seen wild hog run down by " shikarees" on foot, assisted by their dogs, the common village, country cur, but trained to the sport. ..."

8. Pen and Pencil Sketches: Being Reminiscences During Eighteen Years by W. H. Florio Hutchisson, John Wilson (1883)
"... shikarees—The rhinoceros—The buffalo—The alligator—The boa-constrictor. " Accidit in puncto quod non contingit in anno." " What does not occur in the ..."

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