Definition of mahout
: a keeper and driver of an elephant
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In elephant polo, the player is positioned on the animal's back, while the mahout sits close to its head.
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Nelson, a gentle giant named after a prominent local palm oil executive, has a tusk-sized hole in his ear from when a wild male elephant attacked him during one of the clearance operations, making him something of a hero to the squadron’s mahouts.
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Directed by his mahout, Rambahadur started to whack the cat with its trunk in an attempt to shoo it back towards the reserve.
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On the outskirts of Jaipur’s Pink City, an elephant trudged along a paved highway into town, carrying its mahout – minder – and a huge stack of grain on its flanks.
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One post was about a temple elephant named Vedakkumnathan Ganapathy who killed his mahout.
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Not long ago, mahouts prodded their working elephants to help push trucks free of muddy quagmires on the road.
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When the elephants come out of their musth, the mahouts believe the elephants have forgotten their commands.
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In India, a mahout is someone who rides an elephant.
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Origin and Etymology of mahout
Hindi & Urdu mahāwat, mahāut
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