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shikari
or shi·ka·ree
[ shi-kahr-ee ]
noun
, plural shi·ka·ris.
- (in India) a person who hunts big game, especially a professional guide or hunter.
shikari
/ ʃɪˈkɑːrɪ /
noun
- (in India) a hunter
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Word History and Origins
Origin of shikari1
1815–25; < Urdu < Persian
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Example Sentences
The shikari came flying down the road; he saw me and stopped, salaaming very low.
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The shikari placed his hands before his eyes as though to shut out some horrible picture, and groaned aloud.
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Game is plentiful, but energy rare, and so we do not find many types of the shikari of India, but more of the trapper class.
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Now every shikari knows that there may be a heavy tiger with a short tail and a light bodied one with a long tail.
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On one occasion in Kashmir he was matching his eyes against a shikari, and the story of the contest is related by B.-P.
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