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ma·hout (mə ho̵ut′)

noun

in India and the East Indies, an elephant driver or keeper

Etymology: Hindi mahāut, mahāvat < Sans mahāmātra, lit., great in measure (hence, high officer) < mahā, great (see magni-) + mātrā, measure: see meter

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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