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Mahout

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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(Hind. mahawat), an elephant-driver. The mahout sits on the elephant's neck and directs him by voice and by the use of a goad called anhus.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Mahout'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​m/mahout.html. 1910.
 
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