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Definition of Mahouts
1. mahout [n] - See also: mahout
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mahouts
Literary usage of Mahouts
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sport in British Burmah, Assam, and the Cassyah and Jyntiah Hills: With by Fitz William Thomas Pollok (1879)
"Necessity of having plucky mahouts. —Running away by elephants ; the why and the
wherefore.—mahouts in general.—Treatment of sick elephants. ..."
2. Here, There and Everywhere by Frederick Spencer Hamilton (1921)
"... the bear—Jungle pictures—A charging rhinoceros—Another rhinoceros incident—The
amateur mahouts—Circumstances preventing a second visit to Cooch Behar. ..."
3. Fifty Years' Reminiscences of India: A Retrospect of Travel, Adventure and by Fitz William Thomas Pollok (1896)
"... shekar elephant—mahouts—Their duties — Death of Wedderburn— Necessity of
elephants for shooting tigers—Their furniture— Battery for sport—How to manage ..."
4. Letters on Sport in Eastern Bengal by Frank B. Simson (1886)
"When you keep elephants you will find it easy to obtain the services of a few
more baggage- or beating-elephants; your mahouts will know about all other ..."
5. Bhotan and the Story of the Dooar War: Including Sketches of a Three Months by David Field Rennie (1866)
"... and their mahouts —Narrow escape from Drowning—Arrival at Chopra— Examination
of the Soldiers' Rifles—Necessity for Water-proof Covers. ..."
6. Bhotan and the Story of the Dooar War: Including Sketches of a Three Months by David Field Rennie (1866)
"... and their mahouts —Narrow escape from Drowning—Arrival at Chopra— Examination
of the Soldiers' Rifles—Necessity for Water-proof Covers. ..."
7. Sport in Bengal: And How, When, and where to Seek it by Edward B. Baker (1887)
"... unaccountably—Good Sport dependent on trained and staunch Elephants and "mahouts"—
Patience and Perseverance rewarded—Tigers often found in Families of ..."
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