What is another word for mahout?

Pronunciation: [mˈaha͡ʊt] (IPA)

Mahout is a term used to describe an elephant trainer or keeper. However, there are several synonyms for this word, including pachydermist, elephant handler, and elephant carer. Other words that can be used interchangeably with mahout are elephant tamer, elephant driver, and even elephant whisperer. These terms all refer to individuals who have a special connection and understanding of elephant behavior, and are skilled in managing, guiding, and caring for these magnificent creatures. Regardless of the term used, mahouts are central to the care of elephants, providing them with the love, attention, and guidance they need to thrive.

Synonyms for Mahout:

What are the hypernyms for Mahout?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

What are the hyponyms for Mahout?

Hyponyms are more specific words categorized under a broader term, known as a hypernym.
  • hyponyms for mahout (as nouns)

Usage examples for Mahout

She and her mahout lodged the night on the far side.
"From Edinburgh to India & Burmah"
William G. Burn Murdoch
The elephant appeared to understand the mixture of Hindu, French, and Breton-or perhaps it was the sight of the steel ankus that Speed flourished in his quality of mahout.
"The Maids of Paradise"
Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
Foiled for a moment, the leader of the Saktawats threw himself from his elephant, and, placing himself before the great spikes with which the gate was protected against the assault of the beast, ordered the mahout to charge; and so a crushed and mangled corpse was forced into the city on the brow of the living battering-ram, in whose wake the assailants rushed to battle.
"A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil"
T. R. Swinburne

Famous quotes with Mahout

  • Carlo looked as at the world of fallen man on the endless suburbs that passed for a city, an eatery in the likeness of a Sphinx (enter between its forepaws), another, for jumbo malts so thick you can't suck 'em through a straw, in the form of an elephant crouched as at the bidding of its mahout, gimcrack temples of various faiths, attap roofs of nutburger stands with Corinthian columns, loans loans loans, stores crammed with cutprice radios, a doughnuttery, homes like Swiss chalets, like Bavarian castles, miniature Blenheims, Strawberry Hills, Taj Mahals, a bank in the form of a tiny ocean liner, dusty trees on the boulevards (datepalm, orange, oleander), bars with neon bottles endlessly pouring, colleges for stuntmen, beauticians, morticians, degrees in drummajoretteship.
    Anthony Burgess

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