shikari
Americannoun
plural
shikarisnoun
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
At Finnerty's elbow the shikari whispered: "Tell the sahibs to talk, so that we come not in a startling way upon the Pundit, that he may escape in peace."
From The Three Sapphires by Fraser, W. A.
"Does it come up this path?" he asked the shikari.
From The Three Sapphires by Fraser, W. A.
And, indeed, his sight was not less keen than that of his shikari.
From The Heath Hover Mystery by Mitford, Bertram
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
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