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MAHOUT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does mahout mean?
• MAHOUT (noun)
The noun MAHOUT has 1 sense:
1. the driver and keeper of an elephant
Familiarity information: MAHOUT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The driver and keeper of an elephant
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("mahout" is a kind of...):
driver (someone who drives animals that pull a vehicle)
Domain region:
Bharat; India; Republic of India (a republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947)
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