mahout

(East Indian.) An elephant driver or keeper. Mah-rat-ta, a . & s . [Mahratta Maratha , as adj. = belonging to the Maratha country; as subst.= a man of the cultivator caste. Maharashtra = the great country, or perhaps Maharrashtra =the country of the Mahars, now an outcast tribe, from Sansc. maha =great, or Mahar and rashtra =country.] A. As adjective : Of or belonging to the Mahrattas. [B.] IMG:content-0830.png:[blocks in formation] mahva