‖ mahout Indian.
(məˈhaʊt)
Also 9 mahote, mahoot, mohaut, mahouhut, mohout.
[Hindī mahāut, mahāwat.]
An elephant-driver.
| 1662 J. Davies tr. Mandelslo's Trav. 81 The Serriewan hath the oversight of the Camels, and the Mahout, that of the Elephants. 1799 Corse in Phil. Trans. LXXXIX. 36 note, I sent for the driver [note, Or Mahote, as he is generally called] to ask some questions concerning this elephant. 1819 Sporting Mag. IV. 174 The scuffle between the elephant and the Mahout. 1826 Hockley Pandurang Hari I. 6 A Mahouhut, or elephant driver. 1859 Lang Wand. India 90 The mahoot, or elephant-driver, was attired in the most gorgeous manner. 1891 R. Kipling Life's Handicap 307 The very best of the elephants belonged to the very worst of the drivers or mahouts. |