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mahamatra
Sanskrit · ancient
"high official; elephant keeper"
compound of 'great' and 'measure', a title for a high official or elephant keeper
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mahaut
Hindi · medieval
"an elephant driver or keeper"
narrowed to mean specifically an elephant driver
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mahout
English · 1810
"a person who rides and tends a working elephant"
British colonists in India adopted the word
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