the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The keeper and driver of an elephant.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. In the East Indies, the keeper and driver of an elephant.
n. A coarse woolen cloth formerly manufactured in England and in the south of France, exclusively for export to the seaports of the Mediterranean, and particularly to Egypt.
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n. the driver and keeper of an elephant
Word Usage
"The word mahout comes from the Hindi words mahaut and mahavat, derivatives of the Sanskrit word mahamatra, meaning "[one] having great measure.""