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- noun Plural form of
mahout .
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Examples
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In Thailand, some elephants and their drivers, called mahouts -- once prized as royal cavalry -- are now reduced to begging.
Lost in Laos 2009
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Sugiyanto and Parwanto are part of a group of Indonesian trainers (called mahouts) at African Game Services, the owner of the elephants.
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But more than two decades ago, the government banned logging, and elephants and their handlers, known as mahouts, have drifted into the cities to beg.
NPR Topics: News 2011
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But more than two decades ago, the government banned logging, and elephants and their handlers, known as mahouts, have drifted into the cities to beg.
NPR Topics: News 2011
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But more than two decades ago, the government banned logging, and elephants and their handlers, known as mahouts, have drifted into the cities to beg.
NPR Topics: News 2011
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But more than two decades ago, the government banned logging, and elephants and their handlers, known as mahouts, have drifted into the cities to beg.
NPR Topics: News 2011
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But more than two decades ago, the government banned logging, and elephants and their handlers, known as mahouts, have drifted into the cities to beg.
NPR Topics: News 2011
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The Thai authorities have repeatedly attempted to stamp out the problem of elephant handlers, known as mahouts, walking the creatures in the capital and selling bananas and sugar cane for people to feed them.
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Our mahouts were a fun bunch always ready to have a good laugh and always enjoying teasing at every opportunity.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010
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Our mahouts were a fun bunch always ready to have a good laugh and always enjoying teasing at every opportunity.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010
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