mahout

Noun

A person who drives and cares for an elephant.
the driver and keeper of an elephant
An elephant trainer, keeper, and driver.

Verb

To drive (an elephant or elephants).
To drive elephants.

Examples

Like a mahout guiding an elephant, he carefully placed his tiles for maximum impact.

Origin / Etymology

PIE word
*méǵh₂s
The noun is borrowed from Hindustani (Hindi महौत (mahaut)/Urdu مَہَوت (mahaut)), महाउत (mahāut), variants of महावत (mahāvat)/مَہاوَت (mahāvat), from Sanskrit महामात्र (mahāmātra, “elephant keeper; high official; king’s minister”), from महा (mahā, “great”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s (“big, great”)) + मात्र (mātra, “measure; quantity”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- (“to measure”)).
The verb is derived from the noun.

Synonyms

mahawat, oozie

Scrabble Score: 11

mahout: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
mahout: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
mahout: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 12

mahout: valid Words With Friends Word