mahout

[ muh-hout ]

noun
  1. the keeper or driver of an elephant, especially in India and the East Indies.

Origin of mahout

1
1655–65; <Hindi mahāut, variant of mahāvat; compare Prakrit mahāmatta,Sanskrit mahāmatra elephant driver

Words Nearby mahout

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How to use mahout in a sentence

  • The mahout, fully awake to the danger, beat the old rascal mightily with his goad.

    The Adventures of Kathlyn | Harold MacGrath

British Dictionary definitions for mahout

mahout

/ (məˈhaʊt) /


noun
  1. (in India and the East Indies) an elephant driver or keeper

Origin of mahout

1
C17: Hindi mahāut, from Sanskrit mahāmātra of great measure, originally a title

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