mahout
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- noun
- /məˈhaʊt/
- Every morning, the mahout carefully trains his elephant for the day's work.
- mahout and elephant
- mahout as driver
- an old mahout
Examples
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Elephants and their mahouts get up with the sun, and sessions start each morning at 7 a.m.
Blog text (21) -
The guide will explain what the mahout is doing and the commands he uses for his elephant.
Blog text (21) -
The lead mahout looked around nervously.
Fiction book (2002) -
The trainee's first task is to collect their elephant from the forest and, together with the mahout, drive her back to the camp.
Blog text (21) -
The resort's resident elephants are all experienced mahout trainers and full of personality.
Blog text (21) -
The elephant gently followed the commands of its mahout as they walked to the waterhole.
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With a strong bond of trust, the mahout fed the elephant while sharing gentle words.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Mahout comes from India, from the Hindi and Urdu word mahavat (also written mahout), which means 'elephant keeper'. So a mahout today is the person who drives and takes care of an elephant.