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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
mahout
 
SYLLABICATION:ma·hout
PRONUNCIATION:  m-hout
NOUN: The keeper and driver of an elephant.
ETYMOLOGY:Hindi mahvat, mahut, from Sanskrit mahmtra, one having great measure, mahout : mah-, great; see meg- in Appendix I + mtram, measure (from mimte, m-, he measures; see m-2 in Appendix I).
 
 
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