Mahout

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  • noun. A person who takes care of, rides, and controls a tamed elephant.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. In the East Indies, the keeper and driver of an elephant.
  • noun. A coarse woolen cloth formerly manufactured in England and in the south of France, exclusively for export to the seaports of the Mediterranean, and particularly to Egypt.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The keeper and driver of an elephant.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. an elephant driver and keeper
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the driver and keeper of an elephant
  • Word Usage
    "The word mahout comes from the Hindi words mahaut and mahavat, derivatives of the Sanskrit word mahamatra, meaning "[one] having great measure.""
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