shikari
noun
(in India) a person who hunts big game, especially a professional guide or hunter.
shikaris
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pluralof shikari.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Others visit the "stops"—keen-eyed shikaris, perched like crows in the big sal-trees.
From McClure's Magazine, Vol. 31, No. 1, May 1908 by Various
We took our places, and I was assured by the shikaris that the tiger would probably break covert exactly in my front.
From Wild Beasts and Their Ways, Reminiscences of Europe, Asia, Africa and America — Volume 1 by Baker, Samuel White, Sir
So, while the shikaris unceasingly spied for bear, for nine mortal hours Jane and I camped out on a remarkably hard and unyielding stone, varied by other seats equally tiresome.
From A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil by Swinburne, T. R.
The head shikaris placed us in an open position, from fifty to one hundred yards apart, facing the jungle.
From Tales of the Malayan Coast From Penang to the Philippines by Wildman, Rounsevelle
I have had him tracked by the shikaris, and ordered the elephants and beaters to be ready.
From Gil the Gunner The Youngest Officer in the East by Overend, William Heysham
