mahout

Definitions

An elephant trainer, keeper, and driver.

South-Asia

Equivalents

Examples

“The Serrievvan hath the overſight of the Camels, and the Mahout, that of the Elephants.”

“The very best of all the elephants belonged to the very worst of all the drivers or mahouts; and the superior beast's name⟳ was Moti Guj. He was the absolute property of his mahout, which would never have⟳ been the case under native rule⟳, for Moti Guj was a creature to be desired by kings; and his name⟳, being translated, meant the Pearl Elephant.”

“[I]n a cabinet were about a hundred little elephants made of ivory. They were of different sizes, and some had their mahouts or palanquins on their backs.”

“Around mid-day elephants were taken into the forest by their mahouts to forage on foods of their choice, and then carried back a supply⟳ of food gathered by mahout and elephant. During the relaxed mid-day period, it was common to see⟳ mahouts sleeping on their elephants' backs, under an umbrella for shade.”

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