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mahout
[ muh-hout ]
noun
- the keeper or driver of an elephant, especially in India and the East Indies.
mahout
/ məˈhaʊt /
noun
- (in India and the East Indies) an elephant driver or keeper
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Word History and Origins
Origin of mahout1
1655–65; < Hindi mahāut, variant of mahāvat; compare Prakrit mahāmatta, Sanskrit mahāmatra elephant driver
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Word History and Origins
Origin of mahout1
C17: Hindi mahāut, from Sanskrit mahāmātra of great measure, originally a title
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Example Sentences
One, a mahout, or tender, straddled the neck to guide the creature.
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From time to time the new mahout turned and smiled at her curiously, but she was too absorbed to note his attentions.
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Bruce's mahout, who was a Rajput Mohammedan, turned his head to learn what his master had to say.
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The mahout reached down with his silver tipped goad and touched the elephant on the knee.
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Nevertheless, he permitted the mahout to direct him to one of the city gates, the soldiers trooping alongside.
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The mahout, fully awake to the danger, beat the old rascal mightily with his goad.
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