mahout
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of mahout
1655–65; < Hindi mahāut, variant of mahāvat; compare Prakrit mahāmatta, Sanskrit mahāmatra elephant driver
Vocabulary lists containing mahout
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Example Sentences
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Perera, who oversees his care, along with a mahout and other staff, said he would probably need hydrotherapy facilities that Sri Lanka lacks to restore full movement.
From Reuters • Jun. 21, 2023
Her mahout accompanied me, showing me how to use my feet to control her and teaching me the words to make her stop or move on.
From The Guardian • Apr. 19, 2019
Riding a double-decker bus makes you feel like an urban mahout.
From Washington Post • Jul. 9, 2015
Other tracks feature traditional Thai melodies, in which each elephant plays a note of the scale at a cue from a mahout.
From BBC • Nov. 13, 2013
There was something diabolical about the mahout, and every time I looked up I found him grinning at me in an attitude of cheerful malice.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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