Dictionary.com
definitions
  • synonyms

shikari

or shi·ka·ree

[shi-kahr-ee]
noun, plural shi·ka·ris.
  1. (in India) a person who hunts big game, especially a professional guide or hunter.
Show More

Origin of shikari

1815–25; < Urdu < Persian
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018

Examples from the Web for shikari

Historical Examples

  • The shikari said nothing, but counted it out at seventy yards.

    From Edinburgh to India &amp; Burmah

    William G. Burn Murdoch

  • You have answered well, shikari; it shall be said that you are a brave man.

  • I once asked a native Shikari if he had ever fired at a flying bird.

    Jungle Folk

    Douglas Dewar

  • A warning hiss from the shikari again induced Wilson to silence.

  • As he spoke the shikari touched him on the shoulder and pointed.

British Dictionary definitions for shikari

shikari

shikaree

noun plural -ris or -rees
  1. (in India) a hunter
Show More
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012