Examples of mahout in a Sentence
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When CNN Travel anonymously observed the exhibition from above and below the water in November 2021, the elephant entered the pool alone after a word from a mahout.
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David Luekens, CNN, 21 Dec. 2021
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
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David Luekens, CNN, 21 Dec. 2021
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
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Word History
Etymology
Hindi & Urdu mahāwat, mahāut
First Known Use
1662, in the meaning defined above
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“Mahout.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mahout. Accessed 3 Dec. 2023.
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