shikari
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of shikari
1815–25; < Urdu < Persian
Example Sentences
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The Sultan of Johore, himself one of the greatest living shikari, told him about a tiger who had killed and eaten a coolie on one of the rubber plantations.
From Time Magazine Archive
Step by step, slow-measured, Finnerty and the shikari pressed forward.
From The Three Sapphires by Fraser, W. A.
Nevertheless, he was endowed with no small measure of that sixth sense which every shikari must possess who would hunt either his fellowmen or the beasts of the jungle.
From The Day of Wrath A Story of 1914 by Tracy, Louis
Perhaps in the meantime the bold shikari had added dozens to the total.
From His Unknown Wife by Tracy, Louis
In civilised life he was a poor creature; face to face with a wild beast he became a mighty shikari.
From Miss Cayley's Adventures by Allen, Grant
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