1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Mahout

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Mahony, Francis Sylvester
1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 17
Mahout
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​MAHOUT (Hind. mahāwat), an elephant-driver. The mahout sits on the elephant’s neck and directs him by voice and by the use of a goad called ankus.

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