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
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 ..."