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shikari

(s̸hi kä′rē)

noun

in India, a hunter, esp. a native hunter who serves as a guide

Origin: Hindi shikāri < Pers shikār, a hunt

See shikari in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. shi·ka·ris

A big-game hunter.
A guide for big-game hunting.

Origin:

Origin: Hindi shikārī

Origin: , from Persian

Origin: , from shikār, hunting

Origin: , from Middle Persian shkār

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