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mahout

noun

ma·​hout mə-ˈhau̇t How to pronounce mahout (audio)
: a keeper and driver of an elephant

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web However, past footage appears to show a mahout provoking a swimming elephant to repeatedly dive and surface to entertain the audience. David Luekens, CNN, 21 Dec. 2021 The tiny Laotian mahout atop his enormous elephant sparked dreams of jungle journeys across Southeast Asia. Andrew Nelson, WSJ, 5 June 2020 The mahout was in his thirties and his whole family had worked with elephants. National Geographic, 29 Oct. 2019 Jongjiangam is a mahout—an elephant caretaker and trainer. Kirsten Luce, National Geographic, 29 Oct. 2019 But not everyone mahout in Ban Ta Klang has the privilege of inheritance. Kirsten Luce, National Geographic, 29 Oct. 2019 Shell meets Indian mahouts—or elephant keepers—and the animals themselves, which have unique personalities and striking intelligence. Andrea Gawrylewski, Scientific American, 1 June 2019 Most of these elephants, who are old and weak, are also sometimes beaten mercilessly by drunk mahouts. Sangeeta Tanwar, Quartz India, 13 June 2019 Burmese mahouts are becoming younger and are rotating elephants rather than developing long-term bonds. Rafil Kroll-zaidi, Harper's magazine, 10 May 2019 See More

Word History

Etymology

Hindi & Urdu mahāwat, mahāut

First Known Use

1662, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of mahout was in 1662
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